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Penal Policies in Belgium
Emphasis on the symbolic role of prison foodways provides a particularly nuanced way of understanding the lived experiences of imprisonment. In so...
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The Future of the Prison
This chapter will explore: the legacy and potential of prison reform; possible alternative visions of the prison; the arguments for, and potential...
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Criminology in Perspective: An Analysis of Trends in Normative Expectations, Research Orientations, and Policy in Recent Decades
The field of criminology has experienced rapid growth in the last three decades. During this time the field has become institutionally independent,...
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The Influence of Community Disadvantage and Opioid Pill Prescriptions on Overdose Deaths in American Counties
The aim of the current study is to examine factors related to opioid overdose deaths within the framework of social disorganization theory. We...
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Who do you trust? College students’ attribution of stigma to peers with incarceration histories
ObjectivesThis brief communication tests how an undergraduate student’s incarceration history (i.e., previous incarceration vs. no previous...
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Demystifying Injustice: Joint Enterprise Law and Miscarriages of Justice
This chapter explores a controversial issue, which has come to the forefront of criminological debates since the publication of Power, Crime and...
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Beyond a Crime Gene: Genetic Literacy and Correctional Orientation
Is there a “crime gene”? This question has been answered by the scientific community, and the response is a definitive “no.” Yet, it is unclear...
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Anger versus fear about crime: how common is it, where does it come from, and why does it matter?
While a long history of scholarship has explored fear as an affective reaction to the prospect of crime, a much smaller number of studies have...
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Policing the Crisis in the 21st Century; the making of “knife crime youths” in Britain
The terms ‘knife crime’ and ‘knife culture’ were first established in British crime discourse at the turn of 21 st century and represent a particular...
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Rethinking Sanctioning for Offenders with Mental Health Issues: A Balanced Justice Approach
The public’s perspective regarding sanctioning offenders, especially violent and nonviolent, tend to support either a rehabilitative or balanced...
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Conclusion and Discussion
This chapter discusses the main findings of the book. Prison foodways is the overarching lens that was used in this book to unpick the meaning of...
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The Only Thing Constant is Change: Temporal Analyses of Racial/Ethnic Sentencing Disparities
Over the last several decades, federal courts have devoted considerable effort towards improving fairness in sentencing. Despite these efforts,...
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The public’s overestimation of immorality of formerly incarcerated people
ObjectivesThis study tests if the public overestimates the immoral behavior of formerly incarcerated people.
MethodsIn a benchmark study with people...
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Introduction
This chapter provides an overview of the book and introduces the general framework in which it operates. It briefly touches on the intersection of...
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Restorative Justice for Illegal Harms Against Animals: A Potential Answer Full of Interrogations
Based on a green victimological perspective, Varona explores the applicability of a restorative approach to illegal harms against animals. The...
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Life Imprisonment in Hong Kong
Despite the hardening local political context, life imprisonment laws and practices in Hong Kong remain relatively liberal by common law standards....
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Reflections on Criminal Justice Reform: Challenges and Opportunities
Considerable efforts and resources have been expended to enact reforms to the criminal justice system over the last five decades. Concerns about...
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Settler Colonialism, Race, and Indigenous and Black Criminal Justice Disproportionality
This chapter synthesizes elements from the previous chapters to offer an alternative perspective to the neoconservative conceptualization of criminal...
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Combating Organized Crime Aussie-Style: From Law Enforcement to Prevention
This chapter provides an overview of the Australian organized crime response landscape, focusing on preventive measures. An escalation of law and...
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Strip** the Self Away: Security, Control, and Punishment in the Practice of Strip Searches in Spanish Prisons
This chapter analyzes the functions of strip searches in Spanish prisons from a criminological perspective. First, it briefly describes the...