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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology"”.
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An Invitation to Change? An Ethnographic Study of a Residential Therapeutic Community for Substance Use
… Community (TC) in the North West of England for individuals with a history of substance use. The thesis identifies and addresses the omission of process based research in the existing literature on TC’s for substance use and pays particular attention to how such unique settings provide an …
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The roles, motivations, and capacities of the community in the desistance process: A case study of the Knowsley area.
… research study explores the roles, motivations, and capacities that communities within Knowsley, Merseyside, England, can play in the re-integration and re-settlement of ex-prisoners. It takes place during the time when transformations to rehabilitation are operational in practice. The research …
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‘Piggy in the middle' A dialogical approach to the policing of protest and the balancing of human rights
… is an intrinsic part of a democratic society and embedded in UK history and tradition. The police are responsible for managing public order and facilitating peaceful protest, and this has not been without criticism. On occasions the police have found themselves in opposition to protest groups …
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A Critical Analysis of Victims' Experiences and State Responses to a Corporate Killing
… are missing from the criminal justice arena and academia. This research will attempt, in part, to fill the gap in the following ways. First, the longstanding separation between safety crime and ‘real’ or ‘traditional’ crime is both reflected and institutionalised through state responses to …
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The Governance of Young Males with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) within the Youth Justice System
… examines principal challenges for children and young people with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) within key youth justice domains. Through policy and practice, the discourse of ‘risk’ promotes key tensions between the identification of, and responses to, the needs of children …
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Ex-military Personnel in the Criminal Justice System: An exploration of the violence committed across the military life course and the role of alcohol within this violence.
… within the criminal justice system of England and Wales who have been convicted of alcohol related violent offences. Deviating from a quantitative approach most commonly employed within the extant veteran-offender literature and employing a qualitative methodology has provided veteran …
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“Are we all playing an elaborate game?” A Bourdieusian analysis of children’s participation in decision making in youth justice
… research on children’s involvement in the design and delivery of youth offending services. This PhD investigates the extent and nature of children’s participation in planning, decision making and assessment in youth justice. It seeks to reveal the ‘logic’ and unmask the ‘hidden workings’ of …
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WOMEN, IMAGE BASED SEXUAL ABUSE AND THE PURSUIT OF JUSTICE
… 28 in-depth interviews with victims, activists, and criminal justice staff, this research details the emotional, physical, and social impact of image based sexual abuse (IBSA) on women’s everyday lives, and identifies some of the key policing and legislative issues which prevent women from …
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Feminising Restorative Justice: A Critical Exploration of Offending Girls' Experiences of Participating in Restorative Justice Conferences
… popularity of restorative justice has expanded significantly and it has become infiltrated within youth justice discourse, resulting in vast amounts of related research and literature. Despite an increase in restorative justice practice there is, to date, a considerable lack of research …
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Fragile moralities and dangerous sexualities : a case study of 'deviant' women and semi-penal institutionalisation on Merseyside, 1823-1994.
This thesis is primarily concerned with the social control and disciplining of women within a semi-penal institution. As a case study it critically analyses the history of one particular institution from 1823 to 1994, chronicling its development from a nineteenth century female reformatory to a …
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PRIORITISATION IN DIGITAL FORENSICS: A CASE STUDY OF ABU DHABI POLICE
… part of every investigation in almost all cases handled by police. The reason behind their importance lies in their ability to store huge amounts of data that can be utilized by investigators to solve cases under consideration. Thus, involving Digital Forensics departments, though often …
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Heroin and methadone substitution treatments : harm reduction and the effectiveness of 'flexible' prescribing for the treatment of opioid dependency
… heroin use mainly as a drug related crime issue, and so attracting and retaining clients became a treatment priority. The concept of flexible prescribing, matching individual clients to treatment programmes appropriate to their drug using history and circumstances, began to gain support amongst …
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Born into the midst of Parental Drug Misuse: the Voice and Life Story of a Child 'Survivor'
… is becoming an increasing concern for child welfare, little is known about the impact it has on children from their unique perspective. In the majority, research fails to listen to the voices of children, as the focus has been on the drug users themselves. Nevertheless, drug misuse …
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From Tackling Poverty to Achieving Financial Inclusion, the Transformation of The British Credit Union Movement, 1998-2008
… report aroused strong interest in Westminster and Whitehall, but that it would "act as a significant catalyst" for change within the British credit union movement (Fitchew 1999). For despite the rapid expansion from the mid-1980s onwards of the number of credit unions established in low-income …
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蛇頭 Snakehead: To what extent are Chinese Organised Crime Groups involved in Human Smuggling from China to the United Kingdom?
… has been subject to more sustained political and public focus in recent years. However, misconceptions and misunderstandings abound about who migrates illegally and how this is facilitated. Media and public perceptions often confuse human smuggling and trafficking and assume the involvement of …
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Transcending conflict : exploring sexual violence support for women seeking asylum in Merseyside
Rape and sexual violence have long been acknowledged in feminist literature as a silenced social problem which requires long term strategies for prevention, prosecution and support. Social sciences more generally, however, have had a more ambivalent relationship with the theoretical and conceptual …