Managing Trouble Along a Continuum of Accountability: On Police Practices for Dealing with Less-Than-Competent Subjects

Managing Trouble Along a Continuum of Accountability: On Police Practices for Dealing with Less-Than-Competent Subjects AbstractThis article uses conversation analysis to examine recordings of police encounters, focusing on how officers…
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Justice Work: Sisters (Having to) Do It for ThemselvesWomen’s Experiences of the Criminal Justice System When Reporting Domestic Abuse and Stalking

Justice Work: Sisters (Having to) Do It for ThemselvesWomen’s Experiences of the Criminal Justice System When Reporting Domestic Abuse and Stalking AbstractThis article outlines findings from our research which sought…
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Racially Determined Case Characteristics: Exploring Disparities in the Use of Sentencing Factors in England and Wales

Racially Determined Case Characteristics: Exploring Disparities in the Use of Sentencing Factors in England and Wales AbstractThere is little understanding of how documented ethnic disparities in sentencing outcomes in England…
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The Shaming State: How the U.S. Treats Citizens in Need. By Sara Salman (New York: New York University Press, 2023, 233pp. $30.00 pbk)

The Shaming State: How the Treats Citizens in Need. By Sara Salman (New York: New York University Press, 2023, 233pp. $ pbk) The Shaming State: How the Treats Citizens in…
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Using Scammers’ Data to Estimate the Impact and Importance of Preventing Repeat Mail Fraud Victimization

Using Scammers’ Data to Estimate the Impact and Importance of Preventing Repeat Mail Fraud Victimization AbstractThis study examines the frequency and cost of repeat mail fraud victimization in the United…
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Far-Right Extremism, Elections and Hate Crime: A Temporal Evaluation of Bias-Motivated Violence in Slovakia

Far-Right Extremism, Elections and Hate Crime: A Temporal Evaluation of Bias-Motivated Violence in Slovakia AbstractThe present study provides an initial attempt to assess the impact of extremist right electoral support…
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White Nationalism, Politically Motivated Reasoning and Americans’ Attitudes About Criminally Charging Donald Trump

White Nationalism, Politically Motivated Reasoning and Americans’ Attitudes About Criminally Charging Donald Trump AbstractOn 19 December 2022, the United States House Select Committee referred former president Donald Trump to the…
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‘Violence is completely normal’: Managing Violence Through Narrative Normalization

‘Violence is completely normal’: Managing Violence Through Narrative Normalization AbstractThis article introduces the concept ‘narrative normalization of violence’ as a theoretical framework for exploring the interplay between crime and marginality…
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