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State Operated Jails: How and Why [PDF]

open access: yes, 1994
A revised version of this paper was published as: Schafer, N.E. (1994). "State Operated Jails: How and Why." American Jails 8(4): 35–44 (Sep/Oct 1994). (Not available online.)From the 1931 Wickersham Commission through the 1967 President's Commission
Schafer, N. E.
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Parents' WhatsApp coping resources in the context of ongoing political conflicts: An ecological exploration

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Mobile technologies have become significant resources for crisis communication and social support in recent years. However, despite empirical evidence pointing to the centrality of these technologies for parenthood in everyday life, it is yet unknown how parents' coping resources play a role in the digital environment.
Daphna Yeshua‐Katz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rigging by the state apparatus: systemic electoral fraud in Mozambique jeopardizes the credibility of democracy and creates room for political violence

open access: yesFrontiers in Political Science
In Mozambique, systematic electoral fraud has persistently prevented the will of the electorate, as expressed at the ballot box, from being reflected in the selection of national leadership.
Borges Joaquim Faduco Nhamirre   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

“Will you be there for me?” Social support from family and friends during cold case sexual assault prosecutions

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract If sexual assault survivors report the assault to the criminal legal system, they often need informal support from family and friends throughout the long and frequently retraumatizing process of investigation and prosecution. This study is part of a long‐term community‐based participatory action research project in a predominately Black ...
Rebecca Campbell   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Truth and Reconciliation Commissions: A Needed Force in Alaska? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Truth and Reconciliation Commissions are official, temporary bodies used for communities to come to terms with past violence, promote education and awareness of historic trauma, and to provide recognition and closure for victims and successors.
Parker, Heather
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Trauma‐Informed Practice in Welfare‐to‐Work and Employment Services: A Scoping Review

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There is increasing recognition within welfare services, including employment services, that many participants may have histories of trauma. Research suggests that experiences of trauma not only impact individuals' psychosocial health but also vocational elements such as job performance, employability, career progression, and financial ...
Emily Corbett   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Aggregation in Criminal Law [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
This Article considers aggregation in criminal law. In criminal law, fundamental constitutional rights to an individual day in court sharply limit the occurrence of procedural aggregation, such as joinder, during trials.
Garrett, Brandon L.
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Don't Worry About Her; Intersectionality, and the Role of Systems and Structures in the Embodied Experiences of Young Women's Use of Violence

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Systems and structures designed to protect and support young people, specifically (in this paper) young women, are ironically the same systems that maintain gender disparity. Consequently, this has influenced the embodied identities of young women who experience and use violence. Such systemic and structural intersectionality has impacted upon
Louise Rak   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Smalling of America?: Growth Management Statutes and the Dormant Commerce Clause [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
When we start talking about quality of life, they start talking about cheap underwear. And I keep saying, You cannot buy small-town quality of life at a Wal-Mart; they don\u27t sell it.
Shoemake, Justin
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Examining the Impact of Domestic and Family Violence on Young Australians’ School‐Level Education

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Australian policy and practice increasingly acknowledges the need to respond to children as victim‐survivors of domestic and family violence (DFV) in their own right. As part of this, and in recognition that schools often have the most consistent contact with young people experiencing DFV, there is mounting recognition of the role education ...
Rebecca Stewart   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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