Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice: Volume 4 Issue 4

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Minority threat, community disadvantage and sentencing

Christine L. Arazan

Prior studies of criminal sentencing have largely focused on individual-level predictors of sentencing outcomes. The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of a variety…

Intimate partner violence: gender issues and the adjudication of homicide and other cases

John Hamel

The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of gender in intimate partner violence (IPV) and, based upon the author’s experience as an expert witness, 25 years of clinical…

Ride to die: masculine honour and collective identity in the motorcycle underworld

Mohammed Rahman, Adam Lynes

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the nature and extent of violent practice in the motorcycle underworld. It does this by considering the murder of Gerry Tobin, and then…

The Life in Custody Study: the quality of prison life in Dutch prison regimes

Esther F.J.C. van Ginneken, Hanneke Palmen, Anouk Q. Bosma, Paul Nieuwbeerta, Maria L. Berghuis

The Life in Custody (LIC) Study is a nationwide prospective cohort study examining the quality of prison life in the Netherlands. The purpose of this paper is to describe Dutch…

Co-producing digitally-enabled courses that promote desistance in prison and probation settings

Jason Morris, Victoria Knight

The purpose of this paper is to set out an approach to innovation in criminal justice settings that gives service users a “voice” through the co-production of digital content…

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ISSN:

2056-3841

Online date, start – end:

2015

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editors:

  • Dr Michael Lewis
  • Prof. Jane Ireland