Neighborhoods, Criminal Incidents, Race, and Sentencing: Exploring the Racial and Social Context of Disparities in Incarceration Sentences

Neighborhoods, Criminal Incidents, Race, and Sentencing: Exploring the Racial and Social Context of Disparities in Incarceration Sentences AbstractAs an extra-legal factor, social context is a key contributor to racial/ethnic disparities…
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Interactional Justice: The role of Emotions in the Performance of Loyalty. By lisa flower (Routledge, 2020, 220pp. £36.99 pb)

Interactional Justice: The role of Emotions in the Performance of Loyalty. By lisa flower (Routledge, 2020, 220pp. £ pb) Interactional Justice: The role of Emotions in the Performance of Loyalty.…
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Artificial Intelligence and the Law: Cybercrime and Criminal Liability. By Dennis J. Baker and Paul H. Robinson (Routledge, 2021, 280pp. £120 hb)

Artificial Intelligence and the Law: Cybercrime and Criminal Liability. By Dennis J. Baker and Paul H. Robinson (Routledge, 2021, 280pp. £120 hb) Artificial Intelligence and the Law: Cybercrime and Criminal…
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Professional Legitimacy, Identity, and Practice: Towards a Sociology of Professionalism in Probation

Professional Legitimacy, Identity, and Practice: Towards a Sociology of Professionalism in Probation AbstractThis paper draws from Foucauldian understandings of the sociology of the professions to explore legitimacy, identity, and practice…
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Sentencing Multiple- Versus Single-Offence Cases: Does More Crime Mean Less Punishment?

Sentencing Multiple- Versus Single-Offence Cases: Does More Crime Mean Less Punishment? AbstractThe ‘totality principle’ in law aims to show mercy to offenders in multiple-offence (MO) cases and retain ordinal proportionality…
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