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  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. Does your job make you guilty? Comparative analysis between the US and Nordic countries on the influence of gender roles in perceived guilt and sentencing outcomes

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Alina Siatka; [2023]
    Keywords : IPV; gender stereotypes; gender roles; implicit bias; criminal justice; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Despite a global increase in gender equality, intimate partner violence (IPV) still plagues all nations. Moreover, IPV is still a heavily stereotyped crime where women are victims and men are perpetrators. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Rhetoric of Rape Justice: Unveiling the Cultural Meanings of Rape Narratives in Spanish Judicial Sentences

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

    Author : Maria Rodriguez Rodriguez; [2023]
    Keywords : Narratives · Court · Rape trials · Master narratives · Cultural meanings; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Narratives play a crucial role both in people’s lives and in various areas of the social, cultural and political realms. This thesis, drawing from an understanding of judicial sentences as a type of narrative, explores the complex domain of rape justice within the Spanish legal system. READ MORE

  5. 4. A war on the marginalised : The legitimisation and inevitability of the protection of privilege through an analysis of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (PCSC), the Nationality and Borders Bill (NB), and the institutions that enable them

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    Author : Mia Higgins; [2022]
    Keywords : privilege; marginalised; institutional; human rights; police; media;

    Abstract : This article explores the declining state of and increasing threat to human rights in the UK, through an analysis of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (PCSC) and the Nationality and Borders Bill (NB). It focusses on the ostracisation, demonisation and criminalisation of marginalised groups, and how this has been achieved through a regime of right-wing populism, capitalising on crises within the elite to direct public anger at economic suffering and perceived erosion of social values towards the most marginalised in society by proposing that they are favoured by the elite over 'the people'. READ MORE

  6. 5. Is this a country? The Candlelight movement protests as a force impacting democracy in Korea

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Elsa Ström; [2021]
    Keywords : social movements; democracy; South Korea; Candlelight protests 2016-2017; corruption; Park Geun-Hye; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : South Korea has gone from a military dictatorship to being the highest-ranking Asian country in terms of democracy over the last 35 years. In 2016, massive social movement protests broke out after media uncovered accounts of widespread corruption by then President Park Geun-Hye. READ MORE