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Disability, Gender and Segregation in the Britain–Australia Convict System

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article assesses the gendered experiences of disability and segregation among prisoners in colonial (1830s) New South Wales. I use the distinction between impairment and disability from the ‘social model of disability’ to show that the disabling capacities of impairments varied depending on wider social structures and beliefs, and on each
Emily Cock
wiley   +1 more source

Reintegrative Retributivism

open access: yesThe Modern Law Review, EarlyView.
Pessimistic empirical evidence about the reformatory and deterrent effects of punitive treatment poses a challenge for all justificatory theories of punishment. Yet, the dominant progressive view remains that punishment is required for the most serious crimes.
Lewis Ross
wiley   +1 more source

Deceptive Sex: Rethinking Consent from the Gender Margins

open access: yesThe Modern Law Review, EarlyView.
This article argues that trans people who choose not to disclose, or who lie about, their gender history prior to sexual intimacy should not be prosecuted for sexual offences, at least not in the absence of a clear and express condition pertaining to cis status or biological sex.
Alex Sharpe
wiley   +1 more source

On Mothering in Prison

open access: bronze, 1969
Jennifer McMillan   +1 more
openalex   +2 more sources

The Defence of Public Necessity

open access: yesThe Modern Law Review, EarlyView.
This article challenges the idea that public necessity must be a complete defence to trespass liability. It identifies and distinguishes three distinct categories of public necessity: two afford justifications for interfering with person or property, whereas the third is better understood as an excuse.
Samuel Beswick
wiley   +1 more source

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