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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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Creating a Penal System in the Republic of Latvia, 1919–1921
Acta Historica Universitatis Klaipedensis, 2019 The government of the Republic of Latvia began creating a penal system as soon as it took control of the territory it claimed. According to the international understanding, imprisonment was not only seen as the isolation of a person, but also included ...
Aiga Bērziņa
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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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How far are Portuguese prisons inefficient? A non-parametric approach [PDF]
In Portugal, as worldwide, especially in the past decades, crime has become an issue of increasing interest both for society and researchers. The global growth of criminality had several repercussions in the prison system.
Simões, Pedro, Marques, Rui
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Healthier prisons: The role of a prison visitors' centre [PDF]
, 2009 Since the inception of the prison as a ‘setting’ for health promotion, there has been a focus on how the health of those men and women who spend ‘time inside’ can at least be maintained and if possible, enhanced, during their prison sentence.
R Dixey +7 more
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Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background In the United Kingdom, the Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) Pathway provides a psychologically informed pathway of services—from screening to formulation to referral to treatments/interventions—for men and women whose offending is linked to their complex mental health needs.
Roxanna Short +6 more
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Support for “Islamic State” in Indonesian prisons [PDF]
, 2015 This report examines how alliances for and against the "Islamic State" developed among inmates in Indonesian prisons. Introduction A study of networks in Indonesian prisons that support the Islamic State (IS) suggests that relatively simple ...
Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict
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Targets for Hepatitis C virus test uptake and case-finding among injecting drug users : in prisons and general practice [PDF]
, 2010 We re-analyse data on new diagnoses of Hepatitis C virus (HCV) for injectors in prison or attending general practices which were relied on for the cost-effectiveness of HCV testing in injectors.
Robertson, Roy +12 more
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Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Rehabilitation is a central objective of correctional services in South Africa, intended to support behavioural change, reduce recidivism and contribute to successful reintegration. Despite this mandate, concerns regarding persistent recidivism and prison overcrowding remain.
Bonginkosi Ndimande, Elizabeth Archer
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Organisation of health care in Belgian prisons : legal framework [PDF]
, 2017 Providing adequate health care is particularly complex for healthcare professionals who treat patients in correctional settings. The prison population is particularly vulnerable, both as regards their physical as their mental wellbeing, amongst others ...
Eechaudt, Vincent +5 more
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