Essays about: "Prisoners"

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1. 31. Universalism vs Women's Rights: A critical discussion on gender-specific human rights regulation

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Tora Törnqvist; [2016]
   Keywords : Human Rights; Women s Rights; Universalism; Women Prisoners; Gender-specific Regulations; The Bangkok Rules; The Mandela Rules; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : When founding the modern human rights protection, the UN did to a great extent have focus on protecting men and men’s rights, even though one of the core principles of human rights is their universality. Over the past few decades work has been done to include women’s perspectives in the human rights protection. READ MORE

3. 32. United Nations Peacekeeping Operations as a Potential Hindrance to Peace in the Great Lakes Region of Africa: A case of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) : MONUSCO as a Subconscious Spoiler in the Congolese Peace Process

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Innocent Amaese Lopor; [2016]
   Keywords : MONUSCO; DRC; Stabilization; Peace Process; UN Peacekeeping; Hindering; Spoilers;

   Abstract : As the Congolese conflict marks the 20th year, and the peace process 17 years, the apparent question is why is the search for peace in the DRC proving elusive? Spoilers and other impediments to the peace process in the DRC have been studied and UN peacekeepers have been operational in the country for nearly seventeen years, but the conflict continues. This study therefore seeks to understand the potential of UN peacekeeping to hinder the peace process in the DRC, and the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) constitutes a study case. READ MORE

4. 33. Misreporting time preferences in the cooperative management of a common fish pool

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

   Author : Erik Gråd; [2016]
   Keywords : cooperation; discount factor; fish quota; game theory; information asymmetry; misreporting; resource economics; second-best policy;

   Abstract : Many fish stocks have been exhausted or are currently overexploited. Cooperative management of common fish pools may be necessary to sustain stock levels and future harvests. READ MORE

5. 34. Liberation Behind Bars - Meditation Interventions in Prison Populations

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

   Author : Carsten Metzner; [2015]
   Keywords : incarceration; meditation; crime desistance;

   Abstract : This paper draws on a literature review which questioned whether meditationinterventions in prison populations encourage desistance from crime. The purposeof this paper was to discover possible connections between criminologicaltheories of desistance and the research findings of meditation courses in prison. READ MORE

6. 35. Prisoners' Wives : Microcredit as a Contributior to Women Empowerment in Medellín, Colombia

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Anna Wallström; Hanna Bergenblad; [2015]
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   Abstract : Microcredits is a widely researched topic within development research, however it seems like little research is done on how it helps to empower prisoners’ wives. The literature is mixed, with both positive and negative results of microfinance as a contributor to development, and the most known research on prisoners’ wives is almost 30 years old. READ MORE