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Culture of Revenge: Analysing Blood Revenge in Pakistan's Tribal Areas

open access: yesThe Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Revenge is a widespread phenomenon present in every culture. It is defined as a motivated retaliation against an offense or wrongdoing perceived as harmful or a violation of moral norms. Previous psychological research views revenge as an expressive action done for personal satisfaction.
Muhammad Asif   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Female prisoners, aftercare and release : residential provision and support in late nineteenth century England [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This article examines the release and aftercare of female prisoners in England during the late nineteenth century. Primarily it seeks to illuminate the use of residential provision for women who had been released from both convict and local prisons ...
Johnston, Helen, Turner, Jo
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Hierarchical Citizenship and Racialised Discretion: Police and Consular Officers’ Handling of Capital Cases in Malaysia

open access: yesThe Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the death penalty in Malaysia, where foreign nationals have historically been sentenced to death at a disproportionately high rate. The international community has recognised that foreign defendants are disadvantaged in alien criminal justice systems and made efforts to address this through the United Nation's Vienna ...
Carolyn Hoyle, Lucy Harry
wiley   +1 more source

Issues of Interaction of Penitentiary Agencies and Institutions with the Departments on Combating Crime in Ukraine and Poland [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Bailov, A. V. Issues of Interaction of Penitentiary Agencies and Institutions with the Departments onCombating Crime in Ukraine and Poland [Електронний ресурс] / Anton V. Bailov, Ivan O. Romanchuk // Журнал східноєвропейського права. – 2017. – № 38. – С.
Bailov, A. V.   +4 more
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The Long Shadow of ‘Populist Punitiveness’—Why Public Opinion May Not Preclude Increasing the Age of Criminal Responsibility in England and Wales

open access: yesThe Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article provides one of the first broad reviews of global research on public opinion regarding the age of criminal responsibility (ACR) alongside findings from a small‐scale exploratory survey of adults in England and Wales. Reviewed studies show strong support for raising the ACR across regions like Scotland, Australia, Hong Kong and ...
Harriet Pierpoint, Kathy Hampson
wiley   +1 more source

Before It Was ‘New’: A Neglected History of Lived Experience–Led Criminal Justice

open access: yesThe Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A growing range of criminal justice initiatives are being shaped and delivered by people with lived experience, including peer mentoring, prisoner councils and policy advocacy roles. While often seen as recent innovations, we reveal a deeper, largely unacknowledged history dating back to at least the 19th century.
Gillian Buck   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gender equality in Turkey [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This note reviews gender equality in Turkey with a focus on the existing legislation and programs. The issue of gender equality in Turkey is particularly important for Turkey’s adoption of EU norms and acquis.
Muftuler-Bac, Meltem   +1 more
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We Need to Talk About Court Custody

open access: yesThe Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Court custody is an overlooked but significant site of incarceration that holds tens of thousands of individuals each year in England and Wales. Providing one of the first scholarly investigations of court custody, we find that insurmountable bureaucratic barriers make it impossible to conduct interview‐based empirical research within court ...
Tom Kemp, Philippa Tomczak
wiley   +1 more source

How Has France Established Itself as a Champion of the European Fight Against Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI)?

open access: yesJCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract The article contributes to the emerging scholarly literature on how European democracies respond to foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI), whilst focusing on a single case study of France. It asks how France responded to Russian FIMI and why this response has become more forceful and comprehensive over time.
Agnieszka K. Cianciara
wiley   +1 more source

Sentence Variability in a Mathematical Sentencing Framework: A Statistical Analysis of Brazilian Court Data

open access: yesJournal of Empirical Legal Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article presents the findings of a quantitative study on sentencing practices in Brazil, focusing on the presence of numerical patterns and “penal clustering” in judicial decisions. Drawing on a dataset of criminal sentences from São Paulo—the country's most populous and active judiciary—the research statistically investigates whether ...
Gabriel Silveira de Queirós Campos   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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