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A Girls’ Army of Vengeance?: Perceptions of Sexual Violence against Children in post‐1905 Russia
Abstract This article offers a microhistorical reading of a criminal case of sexual violence in 1908 St Petersburg. It traces the re‐interpretation of underage girls from innocent victims to potential prostitutes and carriers of debauchery and disease.
Alexandra Oberländer
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Heat is associated with increased risk of morbidity and mortality. People who are incarcerated are especially vulnerable to heat exposure due to demographic characteristics and their conditions of confinement. Evaluating heat exposure in prisons, and the
Ufuoma Ovienmhada+5 more
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Examining Social Representations of Prisons: Experiences, Space, and Daily Productions
Prisons are spaces in which confinement is implemented as a method of punishment. They are typically surrounded by high walls, iron bars, and wire fences and organized into a ward and cell system.
Mehmet Karasu+2 more
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Smale Strategies For The N-Person Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma [PDF]
Adapting methods introduced by Steven Smale, we describe good strategies for a symmetric version of the Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma with n players.
arxiv
The state of the prisons. Deaths in prison. [PDF]
Revue aux points de vue statistique, medicolegal et psychologique. Les morts par suicide, par greve de la faim, par «autres causes». Les morts par incendie.
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‘Had it not been for her’: Gender, Care Labour and Disability in the British Caribbean, 1788–1834
Abstract This article explores the intersections between gender, disability and care labour in the slaveholding societies of the British Caribbean from 1788 to 1834. Considered economic burdens by slaveholders, aged and disabled bondswomen were made productive through caring for their enslaved peers, many of whom were themselves temporarily ...
Stefanie Hunt‐Kennedy
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The implementation of correctional revitalization is not only related to structural adjustments and security protocols at Super Maximum Security (SMAX), Maximum Security (MAX), and Medium Security (MS) correctional facilities; it may also have an impact ...
Umar Anwar+3 more
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Suicide: the key role of short range ties [PDF]
The paper explores the connection between short-range social ties (i.e. links with close relatives) and the occurrence of suicide. The objective is to discriminate between a model based on social ties and a model based on psychological traumas. Our methodological strategy is to focus on instances characterized by the severance of some social ties.
arxiv
Private Prisons: Bastions of Secrecy [PDF]
Our research shows that while private prisons rake in millions of taxpayer dollars they are exempt from taxpayer ...
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