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Mass media and punitive populism in Spain: state of the art.
Crítica penal y poder: una publicación del Observatorio del Sistema Penal y los Derechos Humanos, 2015 In the VII legislature (2000-2004), the Spanish Penal Code of 1995 suffered more than 10 reforms leading to a more punitive penal system. Against this background of toughening of criminal legislation, the media with their treatment of violent crime have been a contributing factor as political parties, in a context of disaffection and loss of popularity
Antón Mellon, Juan +2 more
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Do Intoxicated Offenders Deserve Harsher Sentences? Questioning Veritas in Vino
Journal of Social Philosophy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Criminal courts increasingly treat intoxication as an aggravating rather than a mitigating factor in sentencing. This shift, seen in Australian law and other jurisdictions, raises the prospect of unjust outcomes. We examine this trend through the lens of desert‐based justifications for punishment, setting aside questions of deterrence and ...
Mary Jean Walker, Daniel B. Cohen
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Victims' rights in criminal trials: prospects for participation [PDF]
, 2005 Victims in common law jurisdictions have traditionally been unable to participate in criminal trials for a number of structural and normative reasons. They are widely perceived as ‘private parties’ whose role should be confined to that of witnesses; and ...
Doak, J
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Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT While political leaders increasingly combine populist and secessionist appeals, systematic evidence remains lacking regarding their effectiveness in mobilizing public support. Drawing on original survey data from Republika Srpska in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where leader Milorad Dodik employs populist‐secessionist rhetoric, this study finds that
Semir Dzebo
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Gangs, violence, and fear: punitive Darwinism in El Salvador. [PDF]
Crime Law Soc Change, 2023 Rosen JD, Cutrona S, Lindquist K.
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CENTRAL EUROPE’S DESCENT INTO AUTOCRACY: ON AUTHORITARIAN POPULISM. CES Open Forum Series 2018-2019, September 4, 2018 [PDF]
, 2019 The article offers an analysis of the particular type of populism that has evolved in ECE, most notably in Hungary and Poland. The new populism in ECE differs from other populisms because it combines the elements of populism, ethno-nationalism and ...
Bugarič, Bojan
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Moral Panics and Punctuated Equilibrium in Public Policy: An Analysis of the Criminal Justice Policy Agenda in Britain [PDF]
, 2017 How and when issues are elevated onto the political agenda is a perennial question in the study of public policy. This article considers how moral panics contribute to punctuated equilibrium in public policy by drawing together broader societal anxieties
Farrall, S. +3 more
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Explicit Tolerance and Implicit Exclusion: A Study on National Identity in Sweden
Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT While people in many Western countries report increasingly tolerant and inclusive attitudes, minorities continue to face considerable, and in some cases growing, discrimination and exclusion. In this paper, I propose that the gap may stem from a discrepancy between explicit attitudes and more automatic, implicit attitudes. Most people may want
Filip Olsson
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Mass Incarceration and Public Opinion on Crime and Justice: From Democratic Theory to Method and Reality’ [PDF]
, 2016 ... All: The Folly of Doing Good by Stealth 187 David A. Green Mass Incarceration and Public Opinion on Crime and Justice: From Democratic Theory to Method and Reality 213 Elizabeth R. Turner A Trade-Off Between Safety and Democracy
Turner, ER
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International CriminologyThis article explores the influence of right-wing social media users on penal policy formation processes. Through a passive digital ethnography approach, the study examines online debates preceding and following recent legislative interventions adopted ...
A. Lavorgna, A. Corda
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