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The Measurement of Inmate Change During Imprisonment
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Stages of imprisonment : Shakespeare and his contemporaries
… a continuum between the performances of real imprisonment in the streets, the staging of London prison scenes, and the words and metaphors of imprisonment in Shakespeare's plays. The first chapter presents London's prisons as local, even domestic, habitations, physically integrated into the …
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Joan of Arc, Her Imprisonment, Trial and Death
"The fairest things have sweetest end. Their scent survives their close. But the rose's scent is bitterness. To him. that loved the rose."-- Francis Thompson | Those "fairest things" are verified in the life of Joan of Arc, the Flower of Chivalry, The Lady Knight, titles befitting our Maiden Saint. …
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Media, politics and penal reform: the problem of women's imprisonment
There has been limited empirical focus on the activities of the penal reform network in England and Wales, and less still concerned with those campaigning to reform women’s penal policy. Investigating the under-researched interrelationship between the women’s penal reform network, journalists, and …
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Paramilitary imprisonment in Northern Ireland 1969-1999 : resistance, management & release
… the definitive or “true” story of paramilitary imprisonment in Northern Ireland. Rather it represents one attempt to understand and explain a complex series of interacting events, dynamics and relationships which I believe have significantly characterised the history of male paramilitary …
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Imprisonment in Thailand: The Impact of the 2003 War on Drugs Policy
… the impact of the 2003 war on drugs policy on imprisonment and the prison social world in Thailand. While most studies on the drugs war have focused mainly on the quantitative increase in the prison population in the penal systems as the policy’s main impact, this research further examined the …
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The Experience of Imprisonment Amongst Ex-Military Personnel in England and Wales
… across England to explore the experience of imprisonment amongst UK veterans in prison. Using thematic analysis, it maps out participants’ life pathways, from childhood through military service and into prison. In doing so, it reveals the strong, persistent military identity that veteran …
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Turning points or dead ends? Identity, desistance and the experience of imprisonment
… despite the growing preponderance of long-term imprisonment in England and Wales. As a result of this, desistance theory has not been used to evaluate the administration of indeterminate sentences, meaning that practitioners may be missing out on some of the insights that it can generate. This …
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Imprisonment for Debt and Female Financial Failure in the long Eighteenth Century
… Part One reconfigures eighteenth-century debt imprisonment from a medieval hangover to a fundamental element of the credit market. It posits that, as contemporary sales credit was substantially based upon individual reputation rather than entirely upon financial reality, it was logical that …
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Crime and imprisonment in South Africa with particular reference to prison labour
… from the premise that, justifiably or not, imprisonment as a major penal sanction will be with us for the foreseeable future. Furthermore, it is probable that the average length of time being served by prisoners will increase as greater use is made of non-custodial methods of treatment. The …
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Dyslexia on trial? (A study of dyslexia as a contributory cause of imprisonment)
… partial cause, directly or indirectly, of their imprisonment. The diagnosis revealed that all twenty three participants could be considered dyslexic in some measure, some severely. From discussions with the participants it emerged that seventeen acknowledged that their literacy problems had …
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Assessment of the Public Knowledge on Community Service Sentence as an Alternative to Imprisonment
… respondents had no knowledge on alternative to imprisonment. However there are various challenges pointed out by the respondents which hinder the implementation of CS, they include: poor awareness on alternative to imprisonment, insufficient staff of Community service offices, poor attitude of …
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Imprisonment of the Human Body: Reforming the system & lives through architecture [using Pollsmoor]
This project looks at an approach to the design of a prison visitors centre for Pollsmoor Maximum Security Prison which is grounded in humane design principles. Pollsmoor – like many prisons around the world and in South Africa – presents issues of gangsterism and overcrowding which are exacerbated …
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When families (co) exist within and across prison walls: A study of Simultaneous Familial Imprisonment
… on understanding the numerous repercussions of imprisonment on families outside prison walls. This thesis focuses on a phenomenon that lies at the intersection of these two fields of study: Simultaneous Familial Imprisonment (SFI). SFI encompasses all familial relationships inside the prison …
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A preliminary legislative evaluation of the conditional sentence of imprisonment: The case of Ontario, 1996-1997.
… reform efforts. The conditional sentence of imprisonment, one of the Bill's provisions, is the focus of this thesis. The conditional sentence represents Parliament's response to Canada's high incarceration rate. This research examined the application of conditional sentences across the …
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Community service in Uganda as an alternative to imprisonment: a case study of Masaka and Mukono districts
Community service as an alternative to imprisonment at its inception was taken up very strongly by the judiciary as part of the reform of the criminal justice system in Uganda. The successful enactment of the Community Service Act, Act no: 5/2000, was an achievement towards the implementation of …
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Practitioner and service user experiences of short term imprisonment and resettlement under the Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014
… on the theoretical constructs of the pains of imprisonment, responsibilisation, recovery/resettlement capital and net widening, this thesis argues that the failures to provide resettlement support led to practitioners adopting a responsibilisation strategy that pushes responsibility for …
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Bubbles, Brick Walls and Connectivity. Families affected by parental imprisonment and their experiences of community-based support.
… around 200,000 children in the UK experience the imprisonment of a parent. Imprisonment has been described as a family affair, as families suffer the brunt of the punishment supposedly directed at the offender. Despite an awareness of this impact there is a distinct lack of community-based support …
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