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One-punch laws, mandatory minimums and ‘alcohol-fuelled’ as an aggravating factor: implications for NSW criminal law [PDF]
, 2014 : This article critically examines the New South Wales State Government’s latest policy response to the problem of alcohol-related violence and anxiety about ‘one punch’ killings: the recently enacted Crimes and Other Legislation Amendment (Assault and ...
Julia Ann Quilter
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2023 Physical and other types of punishment remain common in Bangladesh, despite overwhelming evidence of their harm and worldwide efforts to decrease their use. One of the strategic priorities of Save the Children in Bangladesh’s Child Protection Program is to protect children from physical and humiliating punishment in homes, schools, and other settings ...
Christine A. Ateah +3 more
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Breaking bad news: Penal populism, tabloid adversarialism and Brexit [PDF]
, 2018 This article analyses the role that British conservative tabloid newspapers play in promoting penal populism and delegitimising liberal prison reform initiatives.
Greer, C., McLaughlin, E.
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Penal Populism, Deliberative Methods, and the Production of “Public Opinion” on Crime and Punishment [PDF]
, 2014 This article draws upon insights from democratic and social theory to demonstrate that the findings of traditional opinion surveys exert an unjustified and unhealthy level of dominance in the contemporary political sphere.
Turner, L
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Public Security and discourses of control in Chile
Revista Estudios de Políticas Públicas, 2017 This article analyses the genesis and development of citizen security policies and the construction of imaginaries on crime in Chile during the rst three democratic Governments (1990-2006). Through a qualitative discourse analysis methodology, based on a
Pablo Isla
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The Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Bill 2012: Is post-sentence detention of sex offenders consistent with human rights? [PDF]
, 2013 The Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Bill 2012 was introduced by the National-led Government to address a perceived public safety problem relating to recidivist sex offenders.
Moran, Jasmin
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A Postneoliberal Turn? Variants of the Recent Penal Policy in Argentina
International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 2017 This paper analysed the connection between the emergence and consolidation of a postneoliberal political program and alliance – Kirchnerism – and penal policies in Argentina. Three key moments are identified in this recent period. After the experience of
Maximo Sozzo
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Populism, Law and Order and the Crimes of the 1%
International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 2013 The article examines the evidence of endemic financial crime in the global financial crisis (GFC), the legal impunity surrounding these crimes and the popular revolt against these abuses in the financial, political and legal systems.
Russell Hogg
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Latin American Research Review, 2020 This essay reviews the following works: Illegal Drugs, Drug Trafficking and Violence in Latin America. By Marcelo Bergman. Buenos Aires: Springer International, 2018. Pp. v + 170. $89.95 hardcover. ISBN: 9783319731520.
Jenny Pearce
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Late modern ambiguity and gothic narratives of justice [PDF]
, 2015 This paper examines how representations of criminal justice today are often framed by and narrated through a Gothic Imagination. Often this trend is considered a cultural support for Punitive Populism and demand for vindictive sanctions especially ...
Sothcott, Keir
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