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Impact of the Reform to Non-custodial Sanctions in Chile
ObjectivesThis paper assesses the impact of the new regime of non-custodial sanctions implemented in Chile in 2013. It aims to contribute to the...
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Sentencing young adults with juvenile sanctions in The Netherlands: increasing risk or no differences on the chance of recidivism
ObjectivesIn the Netherlands, adolescent criminal law makes it is possible to sentence young adult offenders with juvenile sanctions. This study...
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Restorative Justice and Non-Custodial Measures as Panacea for Prison Decongestion in a Covid-19 Era: Nigeria in Perspective
Restorative and non-custodial sentences or measures are those sentences a court can impose on an offender which does not involve kee** the offender...
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Community Sanctions and Measures—Public Criminology as a Counter to Marginality
Criminology has never been more popular as a subject of study in higher education. However, criminologists occupy an increasingly marginal position...
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The Impact of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Benefit Requirements and Sanctions on Maternal Material Hardship, Mental Health, and Parental Aggravation
IntroductionTemporary Assistance for Needy Families requirements can be stress-inducing, difficult for families to complete, and may be detrimental...
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Madonnas-Whores
The chapter looks at the gendered nature of offending and victimisation by examining the profiles of female victims and offenders and their...
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Custodial and perinatal care patterns of women who received prenatal care while incarcerated in the Arkansas state prison system, 2014–2019
BackgroundThe extraordinary growth in women’s incarceration over the past several decades has resulted in calls for expansion of research into their...
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The price of retribution: evidence from the willingness to pay for short-term prison sentences compared to community service orders
ObjectivesThe objective of this study is to estimate the price of retribution.
MethodsBased on administrative data on all sentences in the...
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Cruel and Unusual Punishments as Legislative Gross Negligence
Many jurisdictions confer a constitutional right to be protected against cruel and unusual punishments. This right is typically justified by three...
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Examining Sanction Type and Drug Offender Recidivism: A Register-Based Study in Finland
Nordic countries incarcerate offenders at much lower rates in comparison with incarceration rates in the United States, and reincarcerate fewer...
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Deterrent effects of sanction severity and the role of procedural justice in prison: a preregistered randomized vignette experiment
ObjectivesThis study tests deterrence theory and procedural justice theory in prisons. Severe sanctions in prisons may deter detainees from...
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A First Dive into OFAC in DeFi Space
51% of Ethereum Blocks are OFAC Censored was one of the annual headlines in the year 2022. Short for Office of Foreign Assets Control, OFAC, as a...
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An examination of sentencing outcomes in rural and urban locations
Previous studies have examined extralegal variables that influence sentencing outcomes. In this study, we examine the role of location on sentencing...
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Terrorist Financing, War Crimes, and Crypto Geopolitics
The ongoing Russia–Ukraine war highlights the rising participation of sovereign nations in the cross-border crypto ecosystem, as well as the profound...
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Race and the Sanctioning of Misdemeanor Defendants
The dearth of research on the relationship between a defendant's race and the severity of sanction in misdemeanor cases is concerning, given that...
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The Impermissibility of Execution
This chapter offers a proceduralist argument against capital punishment. More specifically, it contends that the possibility of irrevocable mistakes...
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Gender Perspective of Victimization, Crime and Penal Policy
This chapter examines three criminological perspectives through a gender lens. The first part is dedicated to crime and gender. This chapter presents...
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The Hardening of Policies, Government Discourse, and Public Attitudes Towards Welfare Claimants
This chapter considers the long-term trends in legislation, government discourse, and public attitudes towards welfare claimants. Legislation appears...
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Educational Consequences of Paternal Incarceration: Evidence from a Danish Policy Reform
ObjectivesThis study estimates the causal effect of paternal incarceration on children’s educational outcomes measured at the end of compulsory...
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Pretrial Detention and Incarceration Decisions for Foreign Nationals: a Mixed-Methods Approach
An increase in the mobility of persons across national borders coincides with an overrepresentation of foreign nationals in the penal systems of...