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

open access: yesThe Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, Volume 65, Issue 2, Page 204-214, June 2026.
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

Hierarchical Citizenship and Racialised Discretion: Police and Consular Officers’ Handling of Capital Cases in Malaysia

open access: yesThe Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, Volume 65, Issue 2, Page 226-236, June 2026.
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

Penology

open access: yes, 2008
1st Edition of the popular textbook on the sociology of imprisonment and punishment. First published in January 2008.
David Scott (717050)
exaly   +3 more sources

Exceptional states: The political geography of comparative penology [PDF]

open access: yesPunishment and Society, 2020
It is now common in the sociology of punishment to lament that comparative penology has not matured as an area of research. While there have been seminal works in the comparative canon, their conceptual tools tend to be drawn from grand narratives and ...
Louise Brangan
exaly   +2 more sources

How iron is the iron cage of new penology?

open access: yesPunishment and Society, 2006
This article addresses the extent to which the concept of 'new penology' is helpful in understanding penal currents, particularly as they relate to the older paradigms of retribution and rehabilitation.
Leonidas K Cheliotis
exaly   +2 more sources

European penology or European penologies?

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Criminology
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
exaly   +2 more sources

Which penology for decision making in French prisons?

open access: yesPunishment and Society, 2013
This article argues that while France's old penology remains well defended due to professional discretion and individualization of professional judgment in high security prisons (maisons centrales), a new penal trend akin to an actuarial justice is ...
Gaëtan Cliquennois
exaly   +2 more sources

Crime and Penology

American Journal of Sociology, 1931
This article reviews the more important developments of the year in the field of crime and penology mainly by calling attention to programs and tendencies although some statistics are presented. (1) federal census figures give the population of state prisons and reformatories and show an increasing ratio of prison to general population.
openaire   +1 more source

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