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Nursing impact at Kosovo prisons health services
International Journal of Africa Nursing SciencesIntroduction: Nurses play a crucial role in providing healthcare services in prisons and psychiatric hospitals in Kosovo. In Kosovo, there are ten prison facilities with a capacity of 2500 inmates.
Milazim Gjocaj +14 more
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Applying the Rules of Evidence to Expert Testimony About Risk
Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Expert opinion about dangerousness or risk is common at sentencing, criminal commitment proceedings and some types of pretrial detention hearings. This article argues that such evidence must be (1) “material” (logically relevant, empirically generalizable, and epistemologically germane), (2) “probative” (a measure of accuracy, which is ...
Christopher Slobogin
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The illicit economy in prisons:A new measure of biddability (BIDSCALE) to predict involvement in prison illicit economy and its consequences. [PDF]
, 2019 In the prison context, the Illicit Economy (IE) refers to trade that is forbidden by law or by prison rules which mostly includes either goods ranging from canteen items to classified drugs, New Psychoactive Substances (NPS), prescribed medications ...
Hammill, A, Ogden, Jane, Glorney, E
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Persistent punishment : users views of short prison sentences [PDF]
, 2013 Semi-structured interviews were conducted of 22 prisoners to gather information about the characteristic features of short prison sentences. Themes raised in comments included: the frequency and quality of sentences, addiction, family, and penal ...
Armstrong, Sarah +3 more
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Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Wrongful convictions continue to occur at high rates. Research has revealed that negative posttraumatic cognitive changes are a risk factor for the development and maintenance of posttraumatic stress disorder, yet little research has examined whether exonerees experience posttraumatic cognitive changes, such as changes to their worldview. Thus,
Kathryn A. Thomas +3 more
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Prison work in the context of social exclusion [PDF]
, 1999 This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.Social exclusion is a multi-dimensional concept, but for most people an important component of social inclusion is work, meaning paid employment.
Simon, Frances
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Harm reduction or a catalyst for new harms? The impact of smoke-free prison policy on prisoners and the prison regime [PDF]
, 2021 A 2015 Public Health England report identified that the prevalence of smoking among prisoners at the time was roughly four times that of the general population, thereby exposing prison staff, non-smoking prisoners, and visitors to the negative health ...
Gray, Paul, Ralphs, Rob
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Buletinul Ştiinţific al Academiei Trupelor de Uscat, 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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Mental Health and Serious Drug Crime: A Case–Control Study
Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Serious drug crime involves a high level of risk and is often characterised as requiring a network of suitable and trustworthy collaborators. Although prior studies have focused on the importance of economic, social and work‐related factors for involvement in such crime, there has been less research into the mental health of the ...
Morten Hesse +4 more
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San Quentin Intake and DIscharge for Zelden Letrovinski [PDF]
, 1930 Color photograph of discharge information on Jack T. Rivers A.K.A. John T. McDonald from San Quentin Prison includes Front and profile mugshot Record Number S.F.# 40473 Record of Jack T. Rivers A.K.A. John T. McDonald arrested for 2nd Degree Burglary
Intake officer San Quentin Prison
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