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The Priestly Ministry of the Prison Chaplain as Perceived by Convicts in Light of Own Research [PDF]

open access: yesPolish Journal of Social Rehabilitation, 2015
The conducted studies convince of the effects that are achieved in the social rehabilitation of convicts, as well as the objective of the educational role of the prison chaplain.
Kazimierz Pierzchała
doaj  

Prison Conditions and Recidivism [PDF]

open access: yes
We use a unique data set on post-release behavior of former Italian inmates to estimate the effect of prison conditions on recidivism. By combining different sources of data we exploit variation in prison conditions measured by: 1) the extent of ...
Drago, Francesco   +2 more
core  

Employment After Prison: A Longitudinal Study of Releasees in Three States [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Analyzes former prisoners' experiences in finding work after release as well as predictors of success, including demographics, pre-prison employment, participation in in-prison employment-related programs, and job-hunting strategies.
Christy Visher   +2 more
core  

Human Rights Economic Dividends: Estimating the Economic Effects of Preventing Discrimination

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Economies embracing principles like nondiscrimination are presumed to reap significant rewards, while violations incur heavy costs. We call these benefits human rights economic dividends—the economic gains that arise when policymaking is guided by human rights principles.
Jose Cuesta
wiley   +1 more source

Prioritization of the Sustainable Development Goals: Developing and Testing a Novel Framework Under Varying Geographic Scales

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study develops and tests a novel prioritization framework for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) under varying geographic scales (regional, sub‐regional, national), focusing on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region as a pilot case.
Lea Issa, Mutasem El Fadel
wiley   +1 more source

Mental Health Consultations in Immigration Detention: What Can We Learn From Clinical Records?

open access: yesInternational Journal of Public Health
Objectives: Knowledge on mental health consultations in immigration detention and characteristics of people receiving consultations is scarce. Based on a sample of 230 adult men in immigration detention in Switzerland, we aimed to: (1) Quantify the ...
Leonel C. Gonçalves   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Homicide, punishment and deterrence in Australia

open access: yesSouthern Economic Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Australian data encompassing 1910–2022, by year and state, were analyzed to estimate the effect of capital punishment on homicide rates. Our estimates showed that capital punishment had a negative and significant effect on homicides. In some specifications, the estimates implied that an execution was associated with 12.68 fewer homicides ...
Hugh Farrell, Vincent O'Sullivan
wiley   +1 more source

Prosocial Motivation of Prison Service Officers as an Occupational Group with a Social Mission [PDF]

open access: yesPolish Journal of Social Rehabilitation, 2015
The occupation of the Prison Service officer belongs to the professions of public trust and is associated with the penitentiary social mission. In choosing their career path, officers should identify themselves with the mission of the penitentiary system
Robert Poklek
doaj  

Prisoner’s Dilemma

open access: yes, 2016
A fundamental problem in game theory, the Prisoner's Dilemma shows that players may not choose cooperative behaviour even when it is in their best interest to do so.
Ketencioglu, Elif, Lovallo, Dan
openaire   +3 more sources

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