Essays about: "Criminal Court"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 140 essays containing the words Criminal Court.

  1. 1. SELF-INDUCED TEMPORARY INSANITY AND DRUG ABUSE : COURT PRACTICE AND THE CURRENT SOCIOLOGY OF PUNISHMENT

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för kriminologi (KR)

    Author : Jeanette Rosenblom Petersson; [2023]
    Keywords : Addiction; Courts of Appeals; Self-induced temporary insanity. Severe Mental Disorder; Sociology of Punishment; Missbruk; Hovrätten; Självförvållad tillfällig sinnesförvirring; Allvarlig psykisk störning; Straffets sociologi;

    Abstract : Background: The Swedish penal code has viewed self-induced temporary insanity, caused by intoxication, depending on which Sociology of Punishment is currently active. Starting from a lenient view of drug-induced insanity in the Middle Ages towards a harsher penal climate today. READ MORE

  3. 2. The International Criminal Question in Uganda : An analysis of the International Criminal Court Interventions in Uganda

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Kenneth Mundu; [2023]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Abstract The conflict in northern Uganda between the Government of Uganda and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) began in 1986 and lasted for more than twenty years, despite efforts for a peaceful resolution. The contribution  of civil society, including religious groups, traditional organizations, and community self-help groups shouldnot be under estimated in promoting grassroot peace building in northern Uganda. READ MORE

  4. 3. The crisis of International criminal law in Africa: An African perspective on international criminal law and (in)security governance

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Rukiatu Fatmata Sheriff; [2023]
    Keywords : International Criminal Court; African Union; Ontological Security; anxieties; Postcoloniality; international criminal justice; Third World Approaches to International Law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Since coming into force the International Criminal Court, has been challenged with a series of issues. Criticism, especially, from African states has forwarded the underlying anxieties that riddles this relatively new institution of international criminal justice. READ MORE

  5. 4. Does your job make you guilty? Comparative analysis between the US and Nordic countries on the influence of gender roles in perceived guilt and sentencing outcomes

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Alina Siatka; [2023]
    Keywords : IPV; gender stereotypes; gender roles; implicit bias; criminal justice; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Despite a global increase in gender equality, intimate partner violence (IPV) still plagues all nations. Moreover, IPV is still a heavily stereotyped crime where women are victims and men are perpetrators. READ MORE

  6. 5. Role Expectations as Motivators of Mass Violence Perpetration : A Normative Approach to Understanding Perpetrator Behaviour During the Yugoslav Wars from 1991–1995

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Hugo Valentin-centrum

    Author : Otilia Rehnström; [2023]
    Keywords : Yugoslav Wars 1991-1995; Perpetrator behaviour; role expectations; social norms; role strain; role conflict;

    Abstract : The enduring question of why apparently ordinary individuals participate in the systemic perpetration of mass violence hallmarks genocide studies, and it arose yet again when the multifarious atrocities faced by civilians in the Yugoslav Wars of 1991–1995 were apparent. With explanations resting on notions of “ancient hatreds” having been denounced in favour of ones that emphasise the role of emotions like fear and resentment, ethnic myths and symbols, and competition on group and individual levels of society, there remains some issues with these approaches; they cannot account for what motivates variations in behaviour by on-the-ground perpetrators nor can they describe the process by which violence develops in tandem on micro- and meso-levels, while still accommodating macro-level causes for conflict. READ MORE