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The Coloniality of Data: Police Databases and the Rationalization of Surveillance from Colonial Vietnam to the Modern Carceral State

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Tracing the early adoption of computer gang databases by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and the Los Angeles Police Department in the 1980s to the deployment of computationally‐assisted surveillance during the Vietnam War, this paper uses a genealogical approach to compare surveillance technologies developed across the arc of ...
Christina Hughes
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Noise in judicial decision‐making: A research note

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Researchers suspect large unsystematic variation (noise) in criminal sentencing, but past attempts to quantify it have used short hypothetical vignettes administered in low‐stakes settings to small, heterogeneous samples of judges. Such vignettes are deficient in detail and ecological validity.
Andrzej Uhl, Justin T. Pickett
wiley   +1 more source

Priorities and Public Safety II: Adopting Effective Probation Practices [PDF]

, 2010
Outlines the structural problems of Massachusetts' corrections, the role of probation in public safety, best practices in community supervision in other states, and the elements of an evidence-based probation system, including inter-agency ...
Alyson Boehler, Keith Mahoney, Len Engel, Richard Luedeman   +3 more
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Can health trainers make a difference with difficult-to-engage clients? A multisite case study [PDF]

, 2015
A political attempt in the United Kingdom to address health inequalities in the past decade has been the government’s initiative to employ local health trainers (HTs) or health trainer champions (HTCs) to support disadvantaged individuals with aspects of
Barr H., Brooker C., Denness H., Department of Health, Department of Health, DuBrin A. J., Kirkpatrick D. L., Michie S., Morgan A., Preston I., Sirdifield C., South J., Stake R. E, Strauss A., Warr P., White J., Yin R. K.   +16 more
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Can prisons move people into better jobs? A look at correctional vocational training programs and sectoral employment outcomes

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Three‐quarters of US prisons offer vocational training programs, which aim to place trainees in middle‐skills jobs in specific occupational sectors post‐release. These middle‐skills jobs may more effectively reduce recidivism than the jobs that normally characterize the labor market experience of the formerly incarcerated, yet whether ...
Britte van Tiem
wiley   +1 more source

Target, audit and risk assessment cultures in the probation service [PDF]

, 2014
This article traces the rise of managerialism in the probation service in England and Wales before exploring the impact of these changes through reference to in-depth observation and interviews in probation.
Ashworth P, Beaumont B, Ellis T, Hedderman C, Home Office, Justice Committee, Keup JR, Martinson R, McLaughlin E, Merrington S, Ministry of Justice, Morgan R., NAPO, NAPO, Raynor P, Towers V, Whitehead P, Whitehead P   +17 more
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The role of case management in misdemeanor prosecution

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite increasing attention to prosecutors' role in shaping criminal justice outcomes, there is limited empirical research on what prosecutors do. While most theories of prosecutorial discretion emphasize overarching goals related to justice and safety, our paper shifts the focus toward the practical realities of the job, particularly in the ...
Lindsay Graef, Aurelie Ouss
wiley   +1 more source

Organising neoliberalism: markets, privatisation and justice [PDF]

, 2012
The correctional populations of the USA and England and Wales have undergone substantial and relentless expansion over the last forty years. Throughout this period, these countries have also experienced neoliberal governments.
Teague, Michael
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The hidden discount: Examining racial disparity in the use of suspended sentences

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Extant research on criminal sentencing generally concludes that racial/ethnic disparity is concentrated in the “in–out” decision, and that racial differences in sentence lengths are small and inconsistent. However, sentence length analyses rarely focus on the fact that criminal sentences are often partially or fully suspended, creating ...
Kevin Petersen, Brian D. Johnson, Allison D. Redlich, Miranda A. Galvin   +3 more
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Assistance in the restoration and strengthening of social ties to persons subject to probation: legal and organizational issues [PDF]

Пенитенциарная наука
Introduction: the article considers legal issues of assistance in the formation and strengthening of social ties of persons subject to probation, identifies problems that arise in the implementation of these activities by bodies and institutions of ...
Babayan S.L., Ustinov A.A.
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