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Justice in Review: New Trends in State Sentencing and Corrections 2014-2015 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
In 2014 and 2015, 46 states enacted at least 201 bills, executive orders, and ballot initiatives to reform at least one aspect of their sentencing and corrections systems.
Maia Spotts   +2 more
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Erving Goffman at 100: A Chameleon Seen as a Rorschach Test within a Kaleidoscope

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
The 100th anniversary of Erving Goffman's birth was in 2022. Drawing on his work, the Goffman archives, the secondary literature, and personal experiences with him and those in his university of Chicago cohort, I reflect on some implications of his work and life, and the inseparable issues of understanding society.
Gary T. Marx
wiley   +1 more source

Cardiovascular health education intervention in the Prison of Soria

open access: yesRevista Española de Sanidad Penitenciaria, 2016
Objective: To promote awareness of healthy lifestyles, to help decrease the risk factors that cause cardiovascular disease, obesity, diabetes, hypertension and hyperlipidemia, through Health Education (HE).
M.M. Martínez-Delgado   +1 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Research of Routing Protocol for Wireless Sensor Network in Mine Gob Area

open access: yesGong-kuang zidonghua, 2011
A suitable routing mechanism for wireless sensor network in mine gob area was designed.Firstly, LEACH cluster heads selection mechanism was improved by adding remaining energy parameter to threshold function,then a routing algorithm of wireless sensor ...
XI Qiang, ZHU Jin-guang
doaj  

Tra il reato e la persona

open access: yesCulture e Studi del Sociale, 2023
This paper focuses on the strategic nature of prison treatment activities proposed to men convicted of violent crimes against women. In a constant movement between theoretical dimensions and transformative practices, we will place at the centre of the ...
Liberata di Lorenzo , Gerardo Pastore
doaj  

Evaluating peer-supported screening as a hepatitis C case-finding model in prisoners

open access: yesHarm Reduction Journal, 2019
Background Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection is endemic in prison populations, and HCV management in prisons is suboptimal. Incarceration is a public health opportunity to target this cohort.
Desmond Crowley   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

“All hope is banished”: Life in Andersonville Prison

open access: yes, 2014
Libby Prison in Richmond became known for its horrible conditions; however, no prison during the war can compare to the cruelty at Andersonville Prison.
Sutter, Megan A.
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Redemption from the Inside-Out: The Power of Faith-Based Programming [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Prisons are tense, cheerless, and often degrading places in which all inmates struggle to maintain their equilibrium despite violence, exploitation, lack of privacy, stringent limitations on family and community contacts, and a paucity of opportunities ...
Jones, Richard S., Zaitzow, Barbara H.
core   +1 more source

Violence, Volition, and Volatility: The Embodied Subjectivity of Women in Cults

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
This paper explores the embodied experience of 25 women who are former cult members. By delving into the stories of three protagonists, we examine how these women engaged with and possibly redefined the cult's socially constructed notion of womanhood.
Shirly Bar‐Lev, Michal Morag
wiley   +1 more source

Bridging Leadership Development and Hip‐Hop Culture: Empowering Black Students Through Culturally Responsive Educational Approaches

open access: yesNew Directions for Student Leadership, Volume 2025, Issue 185, Page 89-95, Spring 2025.
ABSTRACT Hip‐hop music and culture have existed for decades in the United States. Since the 1970s, five critical elements have been defined as parts of hip‐hop culture: the MC (oral), the DJ (aural), graffiti (visual), knowledge (mental), and breakdancing (physical).
Jesse R. Ford   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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