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Exceptional prison conditions and the quality of prison life: Prison size and prison culture in Norwegian closed prisons [PDF]
European Journal of Criminology, 2011 This paper discusses the quality of prison life and prison size in relation to the notion of ‘Scandinavian exceptionalism’. Using the questionnaires ‘Measuring the Quality of Prison Life’ (MQPL) for prisoners and ‘Staff Measuring the Quality of Prison Life’ (SQL) for staff, data were collected from all 32 closed prisons in Norway.
Johnsen, Berit +2 more
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1991 NCCD Prison Population Forecast: The Impact of Declining Drug Arrests (FOCUS) [PDF]
, 1991 According to the National Council and Crime and Delinquency (NCCD), prison populations will increase by 35 percent over the next five years under the current criminal justice policies. This rate of growth is significantly lower than NCCD's 1989 estimates
James Austin, Michael Jones
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A typology of schools across the four nations of the United Kingdom: Class, race and geography
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract In this paper we analyse the hierarchical field of schools across the United Kingdom during the transition to university and suggest that there are five socially distinct clusters of schools. Our five‐cluster typology of UK schools is composed of an established group of elite private and state schools, schools for the white rural and suburban ...
Sol Gamsu, Håkan Forsberg
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Prison brain? Executive dysfunction in prisoners [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2015 A better understanding of the functioning of the brain, particularly executive functions, of the prison population could aid in reducing crime rates through the reduction of recidivism rates. Indeed, reoffending appears to be related to executive dysfunction and it is known that executive functions are crucial for self-regulation. In the current paper,
Jesse eMeijers +5 more
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European Journal of Criminology, 2021 At first glance, contemporary prisons are environments defined by an ‘enforced collective’ (Goffman, [1961] 1991) and prisoners are, if anything, plagued by ‘life en masse’ (Sykes, 1958), yet the depth and weight of loneliness in prison can be intense.
Schliehe, Anna +2 more
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Discretion, Due Process, and the Prison Discipline Committee [PDF]
, 1985 A revised version of this paper was published as: Schafer, N.E. (1986). "Discretion, Due Process and the Prison Discipline Committee." Criminal Justice Review 11(2): 37–46 (Fall 1986).
Schafer, N. E.
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Transitioning from linear flow resource management practices to a circular sanitation bioeconomy needs a transformative approach. In South Africa, the management of human excreta through resource recovery and reuse (RRR) has been widely researched and piloted.
William Musazura +2 more
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, 2015 I teach maths to all levels in an adult male remand prison in Ireland and am also studying for a PhD in maths in prison education in Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT).
Byrne, Catherine Patricia
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False Confessions: A Study Space Analysis
Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Confessions are one of the most powerful types of evidence in the criminal justice system. Despite the vast amounts of psychological research conducted, false confessions still remain a pervasive problem around the world. Thus, an examination of the existing work conducted to date is needed to identify any gaps in knowledge or areas of further
Laura Farrugia
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Scientific Bulletin, 2018 The development of drones has been exceedingly rapid in the last few years. They can be used in many different areas of life, they are fit to solve a range of problems, in fact, in some fields they may open up new horizons.
Prisznyák Szabolcs
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