Toward a feminist geo‐legal reading: US country‐of‐origin information in asylum adjudication
Area, Volume 58, Issue 2, June 2026.Abstract In this article, we offer what we call ‘a feminist geo‐legal reading’ of documents used in spaces and practices of law. Legal cases and decisions are often based on different legal and non‐legal documents, including laws, explanatory memorandums, testimonies, medical reports, and so forth. In contemporary asylum adjudication, country‐of‐origin
Malene H. Jacobsen +2 more
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Wrocławsko-Lwowskie Zeszyty PrawniczeThis article addresses the issue of the amendment of disciplinary provisions in light of the recent amendment of the Probation Act, which came into force in April 2023.
Kamila Mrozek
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This thesis is concerned with social inquiry and/or pre-sentence reports in criminal cases. These reports are compiled by probation officers, at the request of the court, to assist the court in reaching an appropriate sentencing decision in some ...
Pavlovic, Anita
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A risky business: An examination of Irish probation officers’ attitudes towards risk assessment [PDF]
, 2010 This article examines recent research on risk assessment and probation practice in Ireland and relates the fi ndings to the ongoing debate regarding risk management practices in probation.
Fitzgibbon, Wendy +8 more
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Rights, Pains and Illusions: The Experiences of Welsh‐Speakers at Wales’ ‘Flagship’ Prison
The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, Volume 65, Issue 2, Page 142-154, June 2026.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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The probation officer in view of a socialised social rehabilitation system
Polish Journal of Social Rehabilitation, 2019 The article shows a jurisdictional- correctional model of the functioning of the Polish probation system, despite the fact that on its foundation in 1919 and in the current attempts to improve it we emphasize primarily its social rehabilitation and ...
Wiesław Ambrozik
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Juvenile Probation Officers' Perceptions of Sanctions and Incentives as Compliance Strategies. [PDF]
J Appl Juv Justice Serv, 2022 Ingel SN +6 more
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Exploring and Explaining the Use and Proliferation of Whole Life Orders in England and Wales
The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, Volume 65, Issue 2, Page 167-179, June 2026.ABSTRACT Whole life orders (WLOs) represent the power of the state to inflict harm at its most extreme, with such sentences being found to be in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights. However, very little research has endeavoured to understand the use of WLOs.
Hannah Gilman, Jake Phillips
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What's risk got to do with it: Judges' and probation officers' understanding and use of juvenile risk assessments in making residential placement decisions. [PDF]
Law Hum Behav, 2023 McPhee J +4 more
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The architecture of a probation office [PDF]
Probation Journal, 2014 This article illustrates how the physicality of a probation office can be considered to reflect several important changes in the probation service’s recent history through analysis of research conducted in a probation office. Moreover, I argue that the design of probation offices has an important impact on practice.
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