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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"life imprisonment"”.
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Laisvės atėmimo iki gyvos galvos bausmės ir žmogaus teisių santykis /
… with the concept, features and objectives of life imprisonment. In this part of the thesis, an analysis is made of the characteristics of life imprisonment in order to distinguish between life imprisonment and fixed-term imprisonment. The work further discusses the application and execution of …
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The significance of restorative justice on the rehabilitation, restoration, and healing of incarcerated persons sentenced to life imprisonment: A case study of Voorberg Medium B Correctional Centre in the Western Cape
… holistic healing of incarcerated persons serving life sentences in South Africa. Against the backdrop of a predominantly retributive correctional system and the socio-theological challenges of post-apartheid society, the research addresses a critical gap: the need for empirically grounded, …
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IL CANONE DELLA RIDUCIBILITÀ ALLA PROVA DEI FATTI: CRITICITÀ PERSISTENTI NEL MECCANISMO DI LEGITTIMAZIONE DELLA PENA PERPETUA
The dissertation examines the compatibility of life imprisonment with the constitutional and conventional principles governing the function of punishment in the Italian legal system, focusing in particular on the principle of reducibility as a structural condition for the legitimacy of life …
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Criminal Homicide in Warren County Kentucky: 1970-1971
… by criminal law, the taking of a human life by another human being most often entails a severe sanction, especially when it has been done deliberately and with a degree of premeditation. Public fear and concern dictate forceful sanctioning toward the homicide offender or offenders; no …
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The application of the Death penalty law in Zambia: What is the justification
The life of every person is very fundamental and the principle of Law in this aspect is to ensure protection of the Right to Life. However, Zambia and other jurisdictions have promulgated legislation that allows the State to invoke a death sentence for specific offences. The death penalty Law is …
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Rivonia
… Mandela and six co-accused were sentenced to life imprisonment, and about the fall of the apartheid regime in South Africa. The critical and reflective commentary introduces the idea of the epic-minded poet and the sorts of narratives such a poet might look for. It also discusses how the poem …
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Beyond the Hold of Death: The Issues and Concerns of Women Formerly on Death Row in the Philippines
<p>This ethnographic study examines the life histories and persisting concerns of women who once received the death sentence in the Philippines. This research examines the circumstances that led to these women's incarceration and sentencing and the consequences thereof for their families, …
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Doing “Life”: An Exploratory Study of the Experiences and Implications of Incarceration on Life-Serving Offenders
… world and the highest in Africa. The number of life-serving offenders increased from 433 in 1995 to 13,847 in 2014. This constitutes a psycho-social burden on both offenders, their families and society as a whole. Despite this, very little scholarly research has been conducted on the lived …
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The Penal Code (Amendment) Act, 2005, Does the intention of Parliament Harmonize with the practice of Courts?
… the Supreme Court, in a long time, has upheld a life sentence imposed on a twenty four year old defiler of Mazabuka district, by the Livingstone High Court in Southern Province. Generally speaking, child defilement is recognised only when the child is taken away from the parents or guardians by …
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Moral messages, ethical responses: Punishment and self-governance among men serving life sentences for murder
… explore moral communication in the contemporary life sentence, as seen through the ethical lives of men serving life sentences for murder. Empirically, it describes three things. First, moral communication *about murder*: what a conviction for this crime and the experience of imprisonment for …
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The Impact of Release on Mandatory Life-Sentenced Prisoners’ Identities
… explores the impact of release on mandatory life-sentenced prisoners’ identities and their experiences of returning to the community after serving a lengthy period of imprisonment. In 2023, there were over 7,000 individuals serving life sentences in England and Wales, most of whom will …
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A study on adolescent's knowledge and perception of the effects of sexual abuse in Lusaka, Zambia
… the number of years to be spend in prison up to life imprisonment. For a few of them, they felt perpetrators were mental misfits who required counselling and education even praying for them.In conclusion, the lack of knowledge exhibited in the study implies the inadequacy in the component of …
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A study on adolescent's knowledge and perception of the effects of sexual abuse in Lusaka, Zambia
… the number of years to be spend in prison up to life imprisonment. For a few of them, they felt perpetrators were mental misfits who required counselling and education even praying for them.In conclusion, the lack of knowledge exhibited in the study implies the inadequacy in the component of …
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The theme of alienation in the major novels of Thomas Hardy
… murders Troy and suffers the isolation of life imprisonment; Fanny Robin's tragic and lonely death, only assisted by a dog, is a flagrant indictment of society. In The Return of the Native, Clym is the earliest prototype in Hardy's fiction of alienated modern man. He returns to Egdon Heath …
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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 …