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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"life sentence"”.
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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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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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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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Lymphoedema following surgery for breast cancer
… of breast cancer and may be described as a life sentence of bodily disfigurement. The resultant cosmetic disfigurement, physical discomfort and reduced physical mobility combined with the psychological sequelae, far exceeds the original expectations of the breast surgery patient (Tobin, …
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Improving Comprehension Of Capital Sentencing Instructions: A Bias Reduction Approach
… likelihood that mock jurors recommended a life sentence, but this observed association was not statistically significant when examining capital-juror eligible participants. The results of this study suggest that efforts should be undertaken to improve specific areas of Florida's capital …
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The Penal Code (Amendment) Act, 2005, Does the intention of Parliament Harmonize with the practice of Courts?
… while courts have resorted to imposing long jail sentences on the convicts. Interestingly, 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 …
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Capital punishment in the state of Indiana, 1816-1971
… as elsewhere in the United States, the death sentence has been inflicted in an arbitrary and prejudicial manner to a mere handful of actual murderers characterized by ignorance, poverty and often belonging to a minority group. The present warden of the Indiana State Prison stated that he …
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Childhood trauma as a predictor of reoffending
… neglect) among offenders who have served a life sentence in Northern Ireland was associated with general and violent reoffending patterns. The study also explored the relationship between childhood trauma resulting from the sectarian conflict “The Troubles” in the region and its impact on …