Vulnerability, Immigration Detention and (Carceral) Reform
Vulnerability, Immigration Detention and (Carceral) Reform AbstractThis article examines the British government’s recent concern around ‘vulnerable detainees’ and reforms to immigration detention, looking specifically at the evolving ‘adults at risk…
Rubbing Salt into the Wound: Environmental Injustices in Prisons and the Difficulties of Obtaining Relief
Rubbing Salt into the Wound: Environmental Injustices in Prisons and the Difficulties of Obtaining Relief American prisons are often built near or on environmentally hazardous lands. Not only do prison…
Law in Inaction: The Origins and Implications of Chronic Drug Law Underenforcement in One Southern County
Law in Inaction: The Origins and Implications of Chronic Drug Law Underenforcement in One Southern County Common accounts of police and prosecutorial nonenforcement discretion tend to valorize individual declination choices…
Beyond Bars: Exploring Alternative Possibilities to Address Sexual and Gender Based Violence
Beyond Bars: Exploring Alternative Possibilities to Address Sexual and Gender Based Violence Many people agree that the United States carceral system is flawed. However, it can be difficult to discuss…
Abolition of What?
Abolition of What? This Article defends a structural theory of the brutality of the carceral state. We argue that American penal systems are destined to be inhumane, barring sweeping changes…
Police Diversity Theory
Police Diversity Theory In light of both the tragic death of Tyre Nichols in Memphis at the hands of black police officers and the mixed results of studies of Black…
Predictors of terrorist use of suicide attacks: group age and state power
Predictors of terrorist use of suicide attacks: group age and state power . Samuel K. Goldenberg Independent Scholar, Thousand Oaks, CA, USA Read the syndicated article here
Do not disarm, integrate: simultaneous inclusive conditions for successful integration
Do not disarm, integrate: simultaneous inclusive conditions for successful integration . Rula Jabbour Abigail Cawley a Nebraska Deterrence Lab, University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE, USAb Amnesty International USA Human Rights…
Transitioning from Offline to Online: Exploring the Role of Resilience, Anxiety, and Social Support in Bullying Victimization
Transitioning from Offline to Online: Exploring the Role of Resilience, Anxiety, and Social Support in Bullying Victimization . Xin Xie Kang Mi Wang Boya Xu Xinchun Wu a Beijing Normal…
The impact of political affiliation on support for gun control among Hispanic police officers
The impact of political affiliation on support for gun control among Hispanic police officers . Fei Luo Saliha Garcia Luye Li Sean Maddan a Social Sciences, Texas A&M International University,…
Exploring the Overlap: Suicidal Thoughts and Homicidal Acts Among Incarcerated Offenders
Exploring the Overlap: Suicidal Thoughts and Homicidal Acts Among Incarcerated Offenders . Jillian K. Peterson James A. Densley a Hamline University, Saint Paul, MN, USAb Metropolitan State University, Saint Paul,…
‘Playing the System’: Agency and Everyday Negotiations during LTTE Rule
‘Playing the System’: Agency and Everyday Negotiations during LTTE Rule . Georg Frerks Niels Terpstra a Centre for Conflict Studies, Utrecht University, Utrecht and The Netherlands Defence Academy, Breda, The…