Essays about: "Criminal Rehabilitation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 essays containing the words Criminal Rehabilitation.

1. 1. Breaking Bars, Building Hope: Redefining Rehabilitation with Open Prisons in India

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Siddhi Mishra; [2023]
   Keywords : Open prisons; stigma; rehabilitation; narrative experiences; restorative justice; India; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : India's open prisons offer an innovative method of confinement by giving some prisoners more freedom and chances for rehabilitation. However, little is known about how individuals who are directly involved, such as detainees, their families, and prison staff, see these jails. READ MORE

3. 2. A Justified Infringement on Privacy? - A Qualitative Study on the Private Labour Market Actors’ Perceptions of Workplace Drug Testing

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

   Author : Anna Asp; [2021-08-25]
   Keywords : Workplace drug test; Privacy; Prevention; Rehabilitation; Stigmatization;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study was to get an understanding of the perceptions and experiences of drug tests as a measure to prevent substance use at workplaces. The focus was to explore the perceptions of different actors within the private labour market concerning the integrity-sensitive aspects that are connected to drug test at work places and to understand perceptions on drug prevention, positive test results and drug rehabilitation in relation to drug tests. READ MORE

4. 3. From ‘Nordic Exceptionalism’ to ‘Swedish Expansionism’

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : John Lowe; [2021]
   Keywords : narrative criminology; Nordic exceptionalism; punishment; prisons; policing; political narratives; gangs; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The recent growth of the Swedish prison population and police force suggests a stark reversal from the small, rehabilitation oriented criminal justice system described in the “Nordic penal exceptionalism thesis.” This paper is based on a narrative analysis of documents published by the Government Offices of Sweden in the collection titled “A Safer Sweden” from 2013 to 2021. READ MORE

5. 4. Yoga in prison. A progressive development for prison health and rehabilitation?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Emma Louise Caitlin Pettifor; [2021]
   Keywords : Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Drawing together the right to health in prison, and the understanding that yoga has numerous positive impacts on health, this paper explores the potential for using yoga as a way to improve prison conditions and experience from a human rights perspective. Secondary literature is used to answer two research questions: whether yoga is an appropriate and effective tool for realising international health standards in prisons and whether yoga is an appropriate and effective tool for rehabilitation in prisons. READ MORE

6. 5. Between a Rock and a Strange Place: Fear of Crime and the Well-being of Deported Migrants in Jamaica

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS)

   Author : Sanjay Thompson; [2019]
   Keywords : deportation; fear of crime; recidivism; substance use; victimisation; well-being;

   Abstract : Deported migrants in Jamaica face a plethora of integration and rehabilitation issues that have been exacerbated by the society’s negative perception of the population. Though previous research has highlighted the counterproductive implications of the negative attitudes (Headley, 2006), it is still evident in the Jamaican society. READ MORE