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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Punitive policies"”.
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Epigenetics and biopolitics: moving away from using punitive policies to address opioid use in pregnancy
… the United States that is being addressed with punitive policies that disproportionately affect women of color and their families and do not focus on environmental factors contributing to increasing drug use in pregnancy. Evidence is emerging demonstrating that these punitive policies are not …
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Perceptions Of Legal Policy And Sex Offender Treatment
… are greatly intertwined in the numerous policies in place regarding sex offenders. These policies tend to reflect the underlying perceptions and myths about sex offenders than the reality of sexual offenses and treatment. These perceptions have also had a role in shaping psychological …
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Public Attitudes towards Crime and Punishment in Greece and the Factors Underlying their Construction
… leads to discontent and demands for harsher policies to strengthen public safety. Politicians harness public opinion to secure votes, and this can result in punitive policies that are founded on erroneous beliefs. The objective of this study is to look more deeply into people’s attitudes …
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Examining restorative circles in a school setting: towards an understanding of participant experiences and perceptions
… to ineffective zero tolerance and similar punitive policies as another way of dealing with a wide range disciplinary infractions. In the last few years school-based RJ has been gaining popularity within the United States, but empirical research has been lacking likely because those …
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Working Towards Desistance: Canadian Public's Attitudes Towards Sex Offenders, Sex Offender Treatment, and Policy
… to the development of successful and workable policies that reduce sexual recidivism. The current research examined Canadian attitudes towards sex offenders, support for sex offender policies, and the relationship between attitudes, demographic variables, and policy endorsement. This research …
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An impact evaluation of the Ontario ban on smoking in schools and on school property : does the ban on smoking influence high school students' intentions to smoke cigarettes?
… as a methodology for evaluating the influence of punitive policies. This research study should be continued by utilizing the full theory of planned behaviour, including two phases of data collection and the measurement of actual smoking behaviour.
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Impact of the Implementation of Class-Wide Function-related Intervention Teams on Adolescent Student Behavior
… education stakeholders to call for removal of punitive policies and replacement with positive behavior interventions and supports. This study sought to evaluate the impact of Class-Wide Function-related Intervention Teams (CW-FIT) on adolescent student behaviors and teacher behaviors. …
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The Invisible Epidemic: Educating Social Work Students towards Holistic Practice in a Period of Mass Incarceration
… the current state of incarceration, including punitive policies such as the Rockefeller Drug Laws, Truth in Sentencing and 3 strike legislations. The second semester highlights systemic and personal challenges to practicing within, and around the criminal justice system. The second semester …