Essays about: "penal code"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 essays containing the words penal code.

  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. Understanding the non-removal of §219a of the German penal code : A process tracing study of the power struggle over abortion regulation in a confessional/secular government coalition

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Joel Svensson; [2022]
    Keywords : Feminist institutionalism; Germany; coalition government; SPD; CDU CSU; Union; abortion law; feminist policy change; policy failure; abtreibung; §219a;

    Abstract : In 2017 an old law recirculated in Germany which illegalized doctors from informing about abortion other than verbally in person. According to previous research on feminist policy change, a removal (liberalization), of the law hinges on: the presence of an autonomous feminist organization, if civil society, norms and a political majority supports the removal. READ MORE

  4. 3. Good Girl, Wife or Foreign Fighter - Danish Media Constructions of women in ISIS

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

    Author : Camilla Gissel; [2022]
    Keywords : ISIS; Female foreign fighters; Social Problems Theory; Narrative Criminology; ISIS bride; Betrayal; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Women who have joined the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, ISIS, have been understood as serving passive and largely supportive roles in ISIS state-building by media and, to a far extent, academia. Academia has argued that the passive role evolves into active participation in weaponed combat and planning of attacks. READ MORE

  5. 4. Facing SLAPP in Indonesia: A Human Rights Approach to Judicial Measures Silencing Journalists

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

    Author : Jonatan Klefbom; [2022]
    Keywords : Freedom of expression; Freedom of the press; International Human Rights Law; Journalists; SLAPP; Indonesia.; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The UN Human Rights Council has several times addressed the expanding issue of judicial harassments against journalists around the world. In a functioning democracy, it is important to protect the freedom of expression and the freedom of the press. READ MORE

  6. 5. Crime and (delayed) Punishment - An Empirical Analysis of the Effect of Judicial Efficiency on the Number of Crimes in India

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Annika Quester; Anushka Sharma; [2022]
    Keywords : Crime; Judiciary; Instrumental Variable; India; Vacancies;

    Abstract : This paper examines the relationship between judicial efficiency and crime. We look at 80 million case records for the lower courts of India in the period 2010-2018 to examine this effect. We first follow a fixed effects model and then move on to an instrumental variable approach. READ MORE