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Institutional mechanisms for incorporating the public in the development of sentencing policy [PDF]
, 2008 The development of sentencing policy has become problematic over the last thirty years or so in most western democracies. There are a number of different but related aspects to this.
Hutton, Neil
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Why has the populist radical right outperformed the populist radical left in Europe? [PDF]
, 2018 Populist parties on both the radical right and left of the political spectrum in Europe have made considerable electoral gains over the last decade, but they have done so using notably different approaches. Valerio Alfonso Bruno and James F.
Downes, James F., Bruno, Valerio Alfonso
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Punitiveness of electronic monitoring: Perception and experience of an alternative sanction [PDF]
, 2021 Electronic monitoring (EM) serves as an alternative sanction to incarceration. An important aspect that remains only scarcely debated in the literature is EM’s punitiveness and, more specifically, exactly how punitive EM is in comparison to different ...
Richter, Marina +2 more
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Sentencing and penal practices : Is Scotland losing its distinctiveness? [PDF]
, 2010 This chapter discusses sentencing and penal practices in ...
Tata, Cyrus
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Demographics as a factor predicting public punitiveness [PDF]
Research into public attitudes towards punitiveness and sentencing is increasingly important as public attitudes have been found, to an extent, to influence government policy.
Cachia, Moira, Jefferies, Natalie
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An integrative social identity model of populist leadership [PDF]
, 2022 In recent years, the questions of what populism is and how populist leaders mobilize their followers have been the subject of extensive debate. While the social psychology literature holds unique theoretical tools that can be used to explain leader ...
Uysal, M. S. +2 more
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Mediating punitiveness: understanding public attitudes towards work-related fatality cases [PDF]
, 2010 This paper concerns an empirical investigation into public attitudes towards work-related fatality cases, where organizational offenders cause the death of workers or members of the public.
Colover, Sarah +3 more
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Firearm Safety in a Country of Arms
The Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.Policy Points Firearm safety policy in the United States cannot succeed through legislation alone; effective interventions must also address the social, economic, and infrastructural conditions that shape perceptions of safety. Evidence suggests that place‐based investments can reduce violence and firearm deaths while strengthening social cohesion and ...
JONATHAN M. METZL
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Criminology, EarlyView.Abstract Research in the United States shows a strong link between right‐wing Christianity and support for law enforcement. Yet, it remains unclear whether this support extends uniformly across contexts, which has important implications for our understanding of public attitudes about police. Integrating insights from group identity theory with research
Christopher H. Seto +3 more
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American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Democracies often struggle to contain police violence, which undermines the rule of law and reproduces inequality by targeting marginalized citizens. Yet, scholars have shown that repressive policing enjoys considerable public support. Focusing on Brazil, we demonstrate that attitudes toward police violence mirror polarization between left ...
Yanilda María González, Natán Skigin
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