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This volume contains two Open Access Chapters. This volume features contributions from activist scholars grappling to understand and alleviate the compound sufferings of women and LGBTIQA persons as they encounter criminal justice systems in Southeast Asia. This vo... Lees meer.

The story of G. Scott Hancock is about my son who was raised in an upper-middle-income dual-career family and earned a bachelor s degree in finance from the University of Missouri. When 16 and 17 years old Scott was prescribed OxyContin for painful kidney stones whic... Lees meer.

For a myriad of reasons the criminal justice system has become the de facto mental health system in the United States. The third edition of The Criminalization of Mental Illness thoroughly explains these reasons and describes in detail specialized law enforcement respo... Lees meer.

Beyond Criminal Courts is a collection of resources created for organizers advocates and community members working together to build the organizing-power we need to defund divest and ultimately to dismantle criminal courts for good. Beyond Criminal Courts invites rea... Lees meer.

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A groundbreaking work that turns a queer eye on the criminal legal system Drawing on years of research activism and legal advocacy Queer In Justice is a searing examination of queer experiences--as suspects defendants prisoners and survivors of crime. The auth... Lees meer.

Historically states have failed to seriously confront violence against women. In response in many countries women s rights movements have called on the government to prioritize state intervention in cases involving violence between intimate partners sexual harassment... Lees meer.

In Policing the Womb Michele Goodwin explores how states abuse laws and infringe on rights to police women and their pregnancies. This book looks at the impact of these often arbitrary laws which can result in the punishment incarceration and humiliation of women pa... Lees meer.

In Policing the Womb Michele Goodwin explores how states abuse laws and infringe on rights to police women and their pregnancies. This book looks at the impact of these often arbitrary laws which can result in the punishment incarceration and humiliation of women pa... Lees meer.

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Given the great potential for doing grave injustice the power of the state embodied in the criminal justice system ought not be exercised in the absence of a complete and compelling moral justification. I begin by introducing the main issues of the work and invitin... Lees meer.

Digital News and HIV Criminalization examines the daily practices of journalists to uncover the stigmatizing and sensational way that news media report on the issue of HIV criminalization. For years HIV activists and researchers have expressed deep concerns about t... Lees meer.

This book critically analyzes the criminalization of incitement to terrorism under the fundamental principles of legality necessity and proportionality with the aim of striking a fair balance between security and liberty on this complicated issue. This book criticall... Lees meer.

Criminalization Assimilation traces how Classical Hollywood films constructed America s image of Chinese Americans from their criminalization as unwanted immigrants to their eventual acceptance when assimilated citizens exploiting both America s yellow peril fears abo... Lees meer.