Do Community-Based Corrections Have an Effect on Recidivism Rates? A Review of Community Supervision, Supportive Reintegration, Electronic Monitoring Programs and Their Impacts on Reducing Reoffending [PDF]
, 2010 This paper will examine the impact and effect community-based corrections have on the reduction of recidivism for adult offenders. More specifically, I will focus on three commonly used types of such corrections in the United States: community ...
Schmidt, Bethany
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State Integration and Violence at the Margins: The Logic of Police Raids in Rio de Janeiro's Favelas
The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper investigates police raids in Rio de Janeiro's favelas through a property rights framework, exploring their organisational structure, motivations and implications. Using data from police reports, academic studies, NGOs and news sources, it examines why and how the state intervenes in these contested spaces.
Joseph Bouchard
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Policy Framework to Strengthen Community Corrections [PDF]
, 2008 Details policy options for implementing reforms and best practices for reducing recidivism, including evidence-based supervision practices, earned compliance credits for offenders, and performance measurements and incentive funding for ...
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Rights, Pains and Illusions: The Experiences of Welsh‐Speakers at Wales’ ‘Flagship’ Prison
The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article challenges claims of ‘inherent’ bilingualism in Wales’ largest prison, HMP Berwyn. Drawing on semi‐structured interviews and extensive documentary research, we find that Welsh‐speaking prisoners at this ‘flagship’ prison have experienced widespread neglect of their needs and overt interferences with their use of the Welsh language.
Robert Jones, Gregory Davies
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Demystifying “Pornography”: Tailoring Special Release Conditions Concerning Pornography and Sexually Oriented Expression [PDF]
, 2013 [Excerpt] “This article examines the design of special release conditions and the problems that arise when such conditions do not comport with constitutional standards.
Napoli, Laura A.
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Do Human Rights Work? Evidence From Prison Death Investigations in Scotland
The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, EarlyView.ABSTRACT It seems self‐evident that countries which have embraced human rights would have better human rights compliance. This article examines this assumption in prison death investigations in Scotland (called fatal accident inquiries or FAIs). The right to life (Article 2 ECHR) includes a procedural right to an effective investigation of deaths ...
Sarah Armstrong +3 more
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The Continuing Leverage of Releasing Authorities: Findings from a National Survey [PDF]
, 2016 The Robina Institute of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice launched a national survey of releasing authorities in March 2015 to each state, and the U.S. Parole Commission. The importance of the survey was underscored by an endorsement from the Association
Ebony L. Ruhland +3 more
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The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article is an extended review of Jeffrey Ian Ross's student textbook, ‘Introduction to Convict Criminology’. The review tackles critical issues emerging in convict criminology and the wider lived experience movement. The review engages with various approaches taken by Ross, in particular the book's focus on his own contributions to ...
Rod Earle
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State Sentencing Guidelines: Profiles and Continuum [PDF]
, 2008 Describes twenty-one state sentencing commissions; highlights key attributes of each state's sentencing guidelines and the composition of each commission; and compares guideline systems along a continuum from "more voluntary" to "more mandatory.
Brian J. Ostrom, Neal B. Kauder
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Thermidor: The Revolution Betrayed in Trotsky, Orwell and Serge
Critical Quarterly, EarlyView.
Anna Vaninskaya
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