Essays about: "sentencing"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 15 essays containing the word sentencing.

  1. 6. “We are saying no to homosexuality!”- A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Dialogue Between Zambia and the US Ambassador Regarding LGBT+ Rights Advocacy in a Postcolonial Context

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Ida Karsten; [2020]
    Keywords : Postcolonialism; Zambia; Global LGBT Advocacy; Cultural Imperialism; Colonial Discourse;

    Abstract : This thesis analyses a dialogue between the US ambassador to Zambia and two Zambian officials, regarding LGBT+ rights, following the sentencing of a same-sex couple by the Zambian high court. The theoretical framework utilizes postcolonial theory and a few of its concepts, namely cultural imperialism, and colonial discourses. READ MORE

  3. 7. Fairness and parameter importance in logistic regression models of criminal sentencing data

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Tillämpad matematik och statistik

    Author : Martina Kaponen; [2020]
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  4. 8. Is Harsher Punishment the Solution? : A Cost-benefit Analysis of a Swedish Crime Policy

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Sofia Bengtsson; Tobias Båvall; [2019]
    Keywords : Cost-benefit analysis; CBA; Crime; Punishment; Deterrence; Incapacitation;

    Abstract : In this thesis we analyse the economic effects of a policy proposal in Sweden, which implies a removal of the sentence reduction for 18- to 20-year-old offenders. We use a cost-benefit analysis (CBA) to systematically assess its effects. READ MORE

  5. 9. Mitigation of drug sentencing and its effect on crime- Evidence from Supreme Court rulings

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Rasmus Flick; Philippa Sjölin; [2018-02-13]
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    Abstract : We estimate the effect of several Supreme Court rulings during 2011 and 2012 that reduced the punishment for serious drug crime. We evaluate whether a decrease in punishment for serious drug crime had an impact on the aggregate crime rates and clear-up rates for seven other crime types. READ MORE

  6. 10. Disparities in sentencing depending on ethnicity, gender, and age as an outcome of discrimination within the Swedish legal system: an intersectional analysis

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

    Author : Camilla Svensson; [2018]
    Keywords : legal system; Sweden; discrimination; stereotypes; intersectionality;

    Abstract : Previous research has indicated that disparities in sentencing exist within legal systems depending on social characteristics such as ethnicity, gender, and age. The purpose of this study is to investigate what kind of disparities in sentencing are present within the Swedish legal system. READ MORE