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Showing 1 to 20 of 110 for “"Criminalization"”.
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The Hyper-Criminalization of the Latinx Community
… aims to identify the different types of hyper-criminalization found in the Latinx community. This in-depth qualitative research study consisted of eighteen interviews with residents of Little Village, a Latinx neighborhood, located on the West Side of Chicago. The study explored two main …
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Ethnographies of Contentious Criminalization: Expansion, Ambivalence, Marginalization
… of "crime" and "harm," this work analyzes criminalization processes in three contentious episodes: the Chilean-Mapuche territorial conflict, the Spanish-Basque separatist conflict, and the eco-conflict in the United States. Although prosecutors invariably asserted their independence and the …
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Suppression of terrorist financing: over-criminalization through international law
… terrorism, and penal measures which rely on criminalization, freezing and confiscation tools. This thesis examines the penal measures, the notions on which these measures are based, their scope and structure, the human-rights implications arising from their implementation and their …
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What a Drag! Censorship and the Criminalization of Alternative Gender Performance
The rise of censorship laws targeting drag performance and gender expression reflects a broader political and ideological effort to regulate LGBTQIA+ visibility and reinforce heteronormative norms. These laws, often justified under child protection rhetoric and morality-based policymaking, rely on …
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The criminalization of tattooing in Oklahoma : an application of Clegg's circuits of power
… the dynamics involved in the processes of criminalization and decriminalization giving particular attention to issues of power. Through the analysis of primary and secondary historical data, the articulation of the systems of power integrates Clegg (1997) and Turk (1969) to interpret the …
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Making oil critical: the criminalization of anti-pipeline protest in the United States
This Thesis was approved for publication on 2021-07-20 at 07:39.
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Perceptions of criminalization towards sex education among a generational sample of Canadian Pakistani Muslims
… process of stigmatization, marginalization and criminalization towards the revised sex education curriculum by generation using Berger’s (1967) Heretical Imperative and Crenshaw’s (1991) Intersectionality perspective. Research in this area is scarce and limited and my thesis aims to reconcile …
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An Exploration into the Criminalization of Indigenous Men in Canada: CCDA through Hubbard's Documentaries
The criminalization of Indigenous men is a critical issue rooted in colonialism, systemic racism, and social inequality. This thesis explores the ways Indigenous men in Canada are criminalized through discursive practices that reflect and maintain colonial power relations. The research …
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Hope and Struggle in the Policed Inner-City: Black Criminalization and Racial Capitalism in Philadelphia, 1914-1978
During the Great Migration (1916-1970) of African Americans to the North, Philadelphia’s police department, journalists, and city officials used news media to disseminate crime narratives laced with statistics and racial stereotypes of “black invasions,” “urban neighborhood jungles,” “roving black …
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Assessing the impact of demographic, experiential, and attitudinal factors on support for the criminalization of HIV transmission
… majority of participants were in favour of the criminalization of HIV transmission. The policy implications that come from this study imply that there is a need to educate young people about HIV related issues and the harm criminal justice responses cause to HIV prevention efforts.
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Public Opinion, Press Coverage and the Pempho Banda Case: Contesting Sex Work Criminalization in Malawi's Developing Tourism Sector
When police arrested nineteen women in Dedza, Malawi hospitality locations in 2016, it was under the guise of the living on the earnings of prostitution laws. The women appealed and won their case, with the ruling judge noting that Malawian women are free to patronize any hospitality facilities or …
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Music Piracy and Its Criminalization: Understanding the Napster Era (1999) to Present Through Donald Black's Theory of Moral Time
… been a very controversial topic and a target for criminalization efforts. In the field of criminology there have been few attempts to apply theory to the topic of internet music piracy. Theorization of internet music piracy has mainly focused on the illegal behavior of music piracy, explaining the …
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"I Was Not Sick and I Didn't Need to Recover": Methadone Maintenance Treatment (MMT) as a Refuge from Criminalization
… and obscuring the role of structural forces (criminalization) in the harms experienced by drug users. Moreover, by constructing PWUD’s choice to attend MMT as unrelated to the ways that they are oppressed under criminalization, the recovery discourse depoliticizes drug treatment issues, and, …
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Moral Panics and the Criminalization of Immigration: America'S Response to Post-9/11 Federal Regulations and the USA PATRIOT Act
… manifestation of moral panics and the subsequent criminalization of immigrants in post-September 11th society. Traditionally, moral panic studies explore the formation and eventual dissipation of panics as they appear in society and move through various stages. This study will attempt to determine …
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Desecularization of the state as a resistance to the globalization: a case study of the criminalization of blasphemy in Russia.
… itself away from Western secular identity. The criminalization of blasphemy in 2013 has become a step to secure and to re-affirm Russian national identity.</p>
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Fear of the Future: A Speculative Exploration of Cinematic Dystopias
… of the long-term effects of social controls like criminalization as well as reflections on current socio-political conditions? The aim of this study was to explore cinematic dystopias and their depictions of and reflections on such themes, including how they might act as speculations on the …
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Green and Grey: Water Justice, Privatization, and Resistance
… privatization of water supply systems and the criminalization of several water conservation activities and tactics, this paper employs theoretical perspectives offered by green, cultural, and critical criminologies, focusing on overt resistance to water privatization and oppressive regulations …
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Human Insecurity and Anti-Trafficking Policy: Representations of Trafficked Persons in Canada
… experience as a result of measures emphasizing criminalization and deportation as well as the effect of criminalization for temporary migrant workers, particularly migrant workers experiencing exploitation in a context of socio-economic constraint.
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“It’s Complex:” Student Sex Workers Constructing Their Lives in the 21st Century A Modified Qualitative Content Analysis
… due to stigmatization and the threat of criminalization. Limited empirical data has been gathered regarding student sex workers’ financial, personal, and professional goals; how they manage life challenges and who they turn to for support, or what student sex workers need. To address this …
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