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#research: Teesside University: Incarceration is Rehabilitation: Prison and Probation in the USA
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / December 14, 2012The American criminal justice has long exerted a substantive impact on UK crime control policy. US practices such as the privatization of criminal justice, ‘three strikes and you’re out’ (mandatory mi...
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#research: Skilled probation officers cut crime
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / October 24, 2012“The prime minister’s affirmation of rehabilitation as a guiding principle of penal policy is welcome (Editorial, 23 October), his vision of how it is to be achieved less so. In some respects he...
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#research: In Homicide Defense, the Beautiful Are the Damned
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / October 13, 2012Contrary to the pervasive stereotypes that attractive defendants would “receive a more benevolent appraisal of criminality,” in this scenario the “unattractive women defendants were attributed less cr...
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#research: Who are the children who end up in jail?
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / September 22, 2012This sort of research is heavily deterministic (and is part of the fairly toxic “risk agenda” favoured by this and the previous government) so read it with caution.The research asked a str...
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#research: The need for a new coalition to tackle penal excess
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / September 18, 2012There are already some very vocal and well organised campaigns that focus on penal conditions and reforming criminal justice processes. Many of you will be involved in or aware of this kind of work. H...
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#maleficentmisogyny: Rape: Just another “method of conception
By feimineach / in #maleficentmisogyny, #quickhits / August 29, 2012“In response to a question about the “legitimate rape”/ Akin debacle, Paul Ryan says that life is life and the “method of conception” — in context, remember, rape — that doesn’t change that. Wh...
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#maleficentmisogyny: Society has allowed rapists to define what resistance is…
By feimineach / in #maleficentmisogyny, #quickhits / August 21, 2012This quote seems particularly relevant at the moment with Todd Akin’s statements about “legitimate rape”, and Assange’s rape apologists (e.g. George Galloway) claiming that Assange’s actions probably ...
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#research: Are Former Male Inmates Excluded from Social Life?
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / August 7, 2012In the European Journal of Probation.Abstract:Based on Becker’s conceptualization of deviance, the phenomena of labeling and stigmatization of people who commit antisocial acts will result in their so...
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16% THINK IT’S OK FOR A MAN TO HIT HIS WIFE? [tw]
By feimineach / in #feminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #academia, #research, #law, #women, #thinkyblog / August 2, 2011[Trigger warning for violence.] This piece from alternet.org really doesn't require much additional comment. A report (link to PDF) from a group called UN Women has revealed some frightening views o...
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#research: Criminals Look Different From Noncriminals
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / March 22, 2011Criminals Look Different From NoncriminalsAw man, this fool again! I can’t believe he’s allowed to write anywhere. I mean, psychologytoday.com is by no means a credible source, all things considered, ...
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#research: The Death Penalty Deterrence Myth
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / March 14, 2011The Death Penalty Deterrence MythI have to explain this issue to my students over and over again (particularly the first years who are often quite right-wing before they start learning about the nuanc...
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#vivelafeminism: How feminism could improve judicial decision-making
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / November 17, 2010How feminism could improve judicial decision-making The Feminist Judgments Project offers a vision as to what the law might look like if there were (more) feminist judges, and in doing so, challenges...
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#research: Survey Says: The World’s Not as Dangerous as You Think
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / October 18, 2010Survey Says: The World’s Not as Dangerous as You ThinkIn fact, figures released today by the Bureau of Justice Statistics show the average American is safer than they have been in years, with violent ...
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#research: Punishment does not fit crimes with the most victims
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / October 2, 2010Punishment does not fit crimes with the most victimsLoran Nordgren and Mary McDonnell wanted to see whether we perceive a crime as being more serious when more people are affected. Sixty students were...
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#research: Feminism blamed for rising female violence
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / June 3, 2010Feminism blamed for rising female violence, via onlylivinglesbian: A Northern Territory researcher says studies show women can be just as violent as men and social changes are behind a reported rise ...
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#vivelafeminism: #research: Feminism blamed for rising female violence
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / June 3, 2010Feminism blamed for rising female violence, via onlylivinglesbian: A Northern Territory researcher says studies show women can be just as violent as men and social changes are behind a reported rise ...
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#research: Australian Survey Shows Dangerous Attitudes Towards Violence AgainstWomen
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / April 11, 2010Australian Survey Shows Dangerous Attitudes Towards Violence Against Womenthecurvature:One subject of concern is that a rather high numbers of men and women agreed that there are some situations under...
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SOUTH AFRICAN RAPE SURVEY
By feimineach / in #feminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #humanrights, #women, #thinkyblog / June 18, 2009I don’t think there is one word I could add to this story to make its message any plainer or any more disturbing. These are the cruel realities of life in South Africa. Some key statements: One...
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