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Towards the Democratisation of Care? Insights From Co‐Governance in Local Welfare in Spain and Italy

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The organisation and distribution of care responsibilities represent a central issue in contemporary welfare debates. Although welfare systems have progressively sought to socialise care related risks tackling distribution's inequality, the organisation of care services received less attention.
Francesca Donati   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Early Theories of Punishment : Deterrence, Rehabilitation and Restoration in Ancient Greek and Indian Penology

open access: yes
This study examines ancient penology, focusing on literary sources from ancient Greece and India as the primary material for analysis. The theories of punishment encountered in these texts are analysed by applying theoretical concepts of modern penology.
Linderborg, Otto, Linderborg, Otto,
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How Does Higher Education Influence Attitudes Towards Muslims? Examining Mechanisms That Reduce Prejudice Within UK Universities

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the relationship between encounters with religious diversity and the perspectives people form about Muslims. Its empirical focus is individuals studying at UK universities. Previous research suggests Muslims are amongst those most subject to negative prejudice in the UK, this being structured around racial or ethnic ...
Tom Fryer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Announcement of a course in Criminology and Penology

open access: yes, 1935
An announcement of a graduate course in Criminology and Penology offered by Springfield College (then known as the International Young Men’s Christian Association College) in the Spring Term of 1935. The course would be led by Walter H.
Springfield College
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Safe to Speak, Teach, and Research? Experiences of Reprisals in Danish Academia

open access: yes
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
Liv Bjerre   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Why do Public Debates Escalate? Trigger Points and the Moral Dynamics of “Hot Politics”

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Escalating, emotionally charged, and moralized forms of controversy are a central feature of contemporary politics. Our study develops a framework for understanding how political debates between ordinary citizens become heated; why certain issues provoke particularly strong emotions; and how this affective potential is weaponized by ...
Linus Westheuser   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Redemptive Penology vs. Exclusive Retributive Justice

open access: yes, 2019
Grounded on long-standing penal notions of exclusive retributivism inherited from classical theorists, Ancient Near East lex talionis, and theonomist penology, the United States federal sentencing and corrections system aims to administer just desert ...
Japhets, Samuel Chuks
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Privileged Precarity: How the Mobile Middle Class Leverage Housing Insecurity as Labour Market Strategy

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How does the ability to weather insecurity give some an upper‐hand over others? This paper examines the interrelationship between housing and labour market precarity among middle class young professionals. Drawing on interviews with residents of co‐living schemes—for‐profit shared housing where tenants are on temporary rental contracts—it ...
Tim White
wiley   +1 more source

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