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The Penology of Islamic Criminal Law: Reintroduction of Islamic Penology
The justification for punishment is an interesting topic and undying debate among the scholars. Those who in favor of traditional approach would state that punishment is retributive in nature, whereas the opposite party would declare that punishment is ...
Marli Candra
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Opportunity-Reduction Supervision Strategies With Domestic and Family Violence Probationers and Parolees [PDF]
Many forms of supervision strategies traditionally utilized by probation and parole officers emphasize service brokerage, case management, and compliance.
Lacey Schaefer +2 more
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1st Edition of the popular textbook on the sociology of imprisonment and punishment. First published in January 2008.
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European penology or European penologies?
This article explores the penological map of Europe to frame European penology, based on cultural particularities that define the penal practice. One of the main characteristics of the European continent is its diversity, which is not solely reflected in the cultural particularities of nation-states, but also in the specificity of the criminal justice ...
Rok Hacin
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High-resolution weather network reveals a high spatial variability in air temperature in the Central valley of California with implications for crop and pest management. [PDF]
Weather is the most important driver of crop development. However, spatial variability in weather makes it hard to obtain reliable high resolution datasets across large areas. Most growers rely on data from a single station that can be up to 50km away to
Johann Martínez-Lüscher +5 more
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Factors Affecting Recidivism of Persons Deprived of Liberty at Tabaco City District Jail
Recidivism is a term used to describe the tendency of a person who has been released from prison or other Detention facilities to re-offend and return to incarceration.
Desman Onsat, Domingo Breva Jr.
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Fundamentals, principle and practice of purposeful Penalization model [PDF]
A review of criminal law clearly reveals that in Iran's legal system, there is no particular logic of penalization, and in these laws, many inappropriate penalties exist in terms of type, degree and inefficiency in achieving the goals.
mohammadali hajidehabadi, ehsan salimi
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Reconceptualizing Empirical Legitimacy for Situations of Severely Conflicting Social Interests
In this contribution the argument is made that the current operationalization of empirical legitimacy falls short in cases of severely conflicting societal interests where alignment on moral values between conflict resolution authorities (policy makers ...
Miranda Boone, Mieke Kox
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Unveiling power, or why social science's task is explanation
Abstract This short essay contends that sociology should devote attention to causal explanation in order to expose lies. It argues that lies about causes are common in society and social science is in a unique privileged position to offer social knowledge that can dispel such lies. Offering causal explanations is a vital task of this project.
Julian Go
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This paper presents the history of penal transportation from Britain to Australia in relation to four distinct ‘phases’ of operation, each signifying a different context, and a series of different features of how convictism operated in Australia – the ...
Tony Murphy
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