Essays about: "Prison"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 100 essays containing the word Prison.

1. 21. Seeking Refuge in Architecture

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

   Author : Ritaj Al Baje; [2022]
   Keywords : Arts and Architecture;

   Abstract : Domestic violence is a cruel and inhumane act of aggression that is inflicted on a victim by someone in their close domestic circle. This includes partners, ex-partners, immediate family members, other relatives and family friends. Violence within the home is the most common form of interpersonal violence for women. READ MORE

3. 22. Pre-Trial Detention and Its Alternatives in Cambodia: A Critical Study of National Practice, Criminal Procedure Code, and Its Adherence to International Human Rights Standards

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

   Author : Vannak Sun; [2021]
   Keywords : Pre-trial detention; Police custody; Duration of pre-trial detention; Duration of police custody; Grounds for pre-trial detention; Grounds for police custody; Alternatives to pre-trial detention; Cambodia; Practice; International Human Rights Standards; Criminal Procedure Code of Cambodia; ICCPR; Electronic Monitoring Bracelet; Non-custodial measures; Petty offense; Misdemeanor; Felony.; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The unnecessary and disproportionate use of pre-trial detention is a global issue that affects developed and developing countries alike. According to World Prison Brief, Cambodia has ranked 12th (among 217 countries) making it become a country with one of the highest percentages of pre-trial detainees: 71.8 percent to be exact. READ MORE

4. 23. 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. 24. Maintaining the Prison-Industrial Complex: Private Actors and Power : A Multi-Dimensional Power Analysis of CoreCivic and The GEO Group    

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Linnéa Sturmhoefel Warnberg; [2021]
   Keywords : Prison-Industrial Complex; Power; Private Prisons; CoreCivic; The GEO Group;

   Abstract : Several scholars have studied the Prison-Industrial Complex (PIC) since the late 1990s. However, there is a lack of research on how private actors profiting from the PIC, such as private prisons, are maintaining and sustaining it. READ MORE

6. 25. Evaluation of a Music Intervention in a Swedish Prison Setting : A pilot project within Skådebanan’s “Culture for Life”-project

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

   Author : Lauren Ghijs; [2021]
   Keywords : desistance from crime; evaluation; music; positive criminology; prison-based programme; sense of coherence; Sweden;

   Abstract : Background. The Swedish cultural organization Skådebanan conducted a pilot prison-based music intervention at a department of Kristianstad’s prison institution as part of their “Culture for Life”-project, aiming to bring culture closer to Swedish inmates and to contribute to a criminal-free life for this group. Aim. READ MORE