Essays about: "Prisoners"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 55 essays containing the word Prisoners.

  1. 21. The Complexity of Rehabilitation in Open and Closed Prison Setting

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

    Author : Lana Osment; [2018]
    Keywords : closed prisons; open prisons; Germany; rehabilitation; social workers; Foucault; discipline; punishment; disciplinary power; bio-power; surveillance.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In Germany, prisoners have a constitutional right to rehabilitation (“resocialization”). In the Lebach judgment of 1973, a landmark ruling that served as the basis for the 1976 Prison Act (Strafvollzugsgesetz [StVollzG]), rehabilitation was seen by the German Federal Constitutional Court as part of the guaranteed rights of prisoners to retain their human dignity (Dünkel & van Zyl Smit, 2007, p. READ MORE

  3. 22. Immersive Tour at Umeå’s Prison Hotel

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Designhögskolan vid Umeå universitet

    Author : Yi-Ting Chien; [2018]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : The overall purpose of this project is to develop an immersive storytelling experience that connects with both physical and social environment. To be specific, it focuses on the old prison in Umeå which was closed in 1981 and nowadays serves as a hotel. READ MORE

  4. 23. Classification by Decomposition : A Partitioning of the Space of 2X2 Symmetric Games

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Matematisk statistik; Linköpings universitet/Tekniska fakulteten

    Author : Mikael Böörs; Tobias Wängberg; [2017]
    Keywords : Game theory; Classification; 2x2 Games; Symmetric Games; Decomposition; Partition; Number of Games; Spelteori; Klassificering; 2x2-spel; Symmetriska spel; Dekomposition; Partitionering; Antal spel;

    Abstract : Game theory is the study of strategic interaction between rational agents. The need for understanding interaction arises in many different fields, such as: economics, psychology, philosophy, computer science and biology. The purpose of game theory is to analyse the outcomes and strategies of these interactions, in mathematical models called games. READ MORE

  5. 24. Returning to Society: Daily-life stressors in the immediate prison release phase

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

    Author : Laura Wahlhuetter; [2017]
    Keywords : immediate prison release phase; Interactive Voice Response; paroled offenders; stress stressors; transition phase;

    Abstract : This paper is the third part of an ongoing research project by Andersson et al. 2014 using Interactive Voice Response, an innovative automatic telephone assessment to study Swedish paroled offenders in the first 30 days after prison. READ MORE

  6. 25. Propagaming : Uncovering Propaganda In War Videogames

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Medier och kommunikation

    Author : Andrea Andiloro; [2017]
    Keywords : videogame; propaganda; persuasion; persuasive techniques; rhetoric; game rhetoric;

    Abstract : This thesis deals with the issue of propaganda in contemporary war themed videogames. Considering the current geopolitical situation on one hand, and the pervasiveness and widespread use of the videogame medium in general, and war videogames in particular, together with the collaboration between the military and the videogame industry, part of the wider military-entertainment complex, on the other hand, it cannot be excluded that military propaganda might be present in such digital media. READ MORE