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‘You’re all so close you might as well sit in a circle … ’ Carceral geographies of intimacy and comfort in the prison visiting room [PDF]

, 2018
Dominique Moran, Tom Disney
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Noise in judicial decision‐making: A research note

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Researchers suspect large unsystematic variation (noise) in criminal sentencing, but past attempts to quantify it have used short hypothetical vignettes administered in low‐stakes settings to small, heterogeneous samples of judges. Such vignettes are deficient in detail and ecological validity.
Andrzej Uhl, Justin T. Pickett
wiley   +1 more source

Use of Psychoactive Substances Before Incarceration Among Prison Inmates With Drug Abuse or Dependence: Data From the OPPIDUM Program. [PDF]

Fundam Clin Pharmacol
Abbas Z, Lacroix C, Jouve E, Eiden C, Micallef J, Peyrière H, and the French Addictovigilance network.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Prisonization of Youth Consciousness as a Factor Contributing to Deviant Behavior

Oleh Demkiv, Mariya Giy
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Can prisons move people into better jobs? A look at correctional vocational training programs and sectoral employment outcomes

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Three‐quarters of US prisons offer vocational training programs, which aim to place trainees in middle‐skills jobs in specific occupational sectors post‐release. These middle‐skills jobs may more effectively reduce recidivism than the jobs that normally characterize the labor market experience of the formerly incarcerated, yet whether ...
Britte van Tiem
wiley   +1 more source

Application of co-design to develop and prioritise health literacy-informed action ideas for implementation across prisons in New South Wales, Australia. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Gill SW, Bowman J, Cheng C, Shaw C, Creighton G, Nicholls G, Hoey W, McGrath C, Bhatti A, Stewart KA, Osborne RH.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Correctional officers and drug smuggling: Boundary work, horizontal surveillance, and cultural responses to drug entry

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Drug entry into prisons represents a serious issue for both incarcerated people and prison staff. Although substances enter prisons in many ways, staff drug smuggling represents a consistent problem facing correctional institutions globally. We draw on 131 interviews with correctional officers (COs) working in four Western Canadian prisons to ...
William J. Schultz, Sandra M. Bucerius, Kevin D. Haggerty   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding healthcare utilisation for aboriginal people in New South Wales prisons with histories of self-harm and suicidal behaviour: a retrospective cohort study. [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Zeki R, Kaye S, Creighton G, Howard MVA, Shields R, Ellis A, Nicholls G, Hoey W, Nanayakkara V, Bowman J.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Prison population and perspectives of access to higher education

, 2016
Maria do Carmo de Oliveira Vargas
openalex   +1 more source

The hidden discount: Examining racial disparity in the use of suspended sentences

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Extant research on criminal sentencing generally concludes that racial/ethnic disparity is concentrated in the “in–out” decision, and that racial differences in sentence lengths are small and inconsistent. However, sentence length analyses rarely focus on the fact that criminal sentences are often partially or fully suspended, creating ...
Kevin Petersen, Brian D. Johnson, Allison D. Redlich, Miranda A. Galvin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source