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When a Parent Is Incarcerated: A Primer for Social Workers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Offers guidance on meeting the needs of children of incarcerated parents, including reducing trauma, engaging incarcerated parents, re-entry planning, addressing domestic violence, and issues for parents in deportation proceedings.
Ken Borelli, Yali Lincroft
core  

Police department design, political pressure, and racial inequality in arrests

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper theorizes a source of bias in discretionary arrests: strategic limits on police officer learning. Officers have a variety of tactics at their disposal besides arrest that they use for less serious offenses when they judge the underlying behavior to be less severe. In departments led by a chief with special expertise in crime control,
Andrew J. McCall
wiley   +1 more source

Latinos mobilizing beyond threats: The role of fear and hope in issue activism

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Interest groups intent on spurring political participation often highlight potential threats to galvanize audiences into action. However, while loss aversion is typically seen as a strong motivator, it is important not to neglect the motivational effect of hope and reward‐seeking behavior as people navigate their political landscape.
Vanessa Cruz Nichols
wiley   +1 more source

The "left" and "right" arm of the prison: Prison work and the local legal culture of the penitentiary

open access: yesOñati Socio-Legal Series, 2022
This contribution aims to explore the tension between the juridical dimension of the prison system and the everyday practices that take place within it.
Alessandro Maculan, Luca Sterchele
doaj  

Avoiding Recidivism of Mentally Ill Perpetrators

open access: yesUniversity of Vienna Law Review, 2019
Since the year 2000, the number of people who relapsed into crime after having been released from a custodial measure regulated by § 21 para. 2 ACC declined. This study examines the changes and developments leading to this decrease.
Monika Stempkowski
doaj   +1 more source

Education and Rehabilitation in a Category A Prison: Interview with Ed Cornmell, Governor of HMP Full Sutton [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Ed Cornmell is the Governor of HMP Full Sutton. Ed joined the Prison Service in 2000 as a direct entry administrator and then the Accelerated Promotion Scheme.
Davies, WN
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Fania (Fanny) Kaplan and the attempted assassination of Vladimir Lenin: Ophthalmologic considerations

open access: yesActa Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose Fania (Fanny) Kaplan (1890–1918), who was reportedly visually impaired, confessed to the attempted assassination of Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin (1870–1924) in 1918 by shooting him with a pistol. The precise nature of her visual loss is unknown and raises doubts about whether she had sufficient visual function to perform the act ...
Stephen G. Schwartz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

As máculas da prisão: estigma e discriminação das agentes penitenciárias

open access: yesRevista Direito GV
Resumo O estigma de viver no sistema prisional marca e oprime a personalidade do egresso; e quanto às agentes penitenciárias que nele ingressam para trabalhar?
Dani Rudnicki   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prison Officers

open access: yes
This edited collection brings together academics, lawyers, civil servants, and researchers working in the human rights NGO sector, to explore the work and role of prison officers around the world. Each chapter offers a distinctive perspective on the work of prison officers within localised socio-economic and criminal justice contexts, to provide a ...
openaire   +2 more sources

When Universities Turn Carceral: Between Academic Freedom and Elimination

open access: yes
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
Gil Rothschild Elyassi
wiley   +1 more source

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