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Unchained voices: Exploring incarcerated women's pathways to restorative justice

open access: yesLegal and Criminological Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose Restorative justice (RJ) is an approach to justice that focuses on repairing the harm caused by criminal offences through dialogue, accountability and reparation. Despite its growing recognition, the implementation of RJ programmes within prison settings remains limited, particularly in women's prisons.
Inbal Peleg‐Koriat   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Current Strategies for Reducing Recidivism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
This study reports on programs for inmates and released inmates that are contributing to reductions in recidivism. Programs showing the greatest success address the issues of substance abuse, low educational attainment, and the need for vocational ...
Charles Ransford, Lise McKean
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The psychiatric fix

open access: yesMedical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This article draws on four years of ethnographic fieldwork in Los Angeles’ (LA) jail mental health facility to describe the interrelated crises of rising numbers of people declared incompetent to stand trial and the recurrent failure of managing madness in jail.
Jeremy Levenson
wiley   +1 more source

Overall quality of life and emotional regulation among inmates: A narrative review

open access: yesPsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, EarlyView.
Although there is a plethora of studies related to quality of life (QoL), little is known about QoL in prison settings. Emotions and difficulties in emotional regulation in incarcerated individuals may affect inmates' QoL and also their ability to reintegrate into society.
Kalliopi Megari   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Corrections education and employment assistance 'Down Under': Current and emerging practices and paradigms

open access: yesLondon Review of Education, 2014
This article provides a view of contemporary Australia in terms of patterns of offending and incarceration, the characteristics of its correctional systems, vocational education and training (VET) within correctional settings, and post-release ...
doaj   +2 more sources

Testing the Assumptions of History‐Dependent Approaches to Regulation: Comparing Compliant Companies With Those That Transgress

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Risk‐based approaches to regulatory governance are ubiquitous. One aspect of such approaches suggests regulators direct their attention towards companies that have already violated regulations. However, such approaches have made little use of available data to explore these companies, especially compared to companies that do not transgress ...
Ben Hunter
wiley   +1 more source

Clarifying the relationship between mental illness and recidivism using machine learning: A retrospective study.

open access: yesPLoS ONE
ObjectiveThere is currently inconclusive evidence regarding the relationship between recidivism and mental illness. This retrospective study aimed to use rigorous machine learning methods to understand the unique predictive utility of mental illness for ...
Talia R Cohen   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Understanding Corporate Criminal Careers: Insights From a Systematic Narrative Review of Longitudinal Studies

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In a systematic narrative review of 33 longitudinal corporate crime studies, we identify and describe corporate criminal career dimensions: participation, frequency, crime mix, and duration. Themes and patterns across data sources are assessed, including information collected that informs a corporate criminal career perspective and what ...
Marieke H. A. Kluin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Re-Examining Juvenile Incarceration: High Cost, Poor Outcomes Spark Shift to Alternatives [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
A growing body of research demonstrates that for many juvenile offenders, lengthy out-of-home placements in secure corrections or other residential facilities fail to produce better outcomes than alternative sanctions.

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Trust in Regulation in a Time of Revolution

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines trust in regulation as a core value and precondition of the modern liberal democratic regulatory state. It develops a concept of justified trust in regulation, grounded in regulatory trustworthiness—honesty, competence, and reliability—rather than in proxies such as partisan loyalty, blind faith, obedience, or resignation.
Cristie Ford
wiley   +1 more source

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