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Expert Testimony Supporting Post-Sentence Civil Incarceration of Violent Sexual Offenders

Woodworth, George G. - 2010

Many states have laws permitting the civil incarceration of violent sexual offenders after they have served their sentence. These laws must balance two strong interests: those of society in preventing the offender from committing further violent sexual offences, and those of the individual whose...

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The Causal Effect of Heat on Violence : Social Implications of Unmitigated Heat Among the Incarcerated

Mukherjee, Anita; Sanders, Nicholas J. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

Correctional facilities commonly lack climate control, producing a setting absent endogenous responses to hot weather like avoidance, adjustment, and mitigation. We study daily weather variation across the state of Mississippi, and show that high temperatures increase intense violence among the...

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Scientific advancements in illegal drugs production and institutional responses : new psychoactive substances, self-harm, and violence inside prisons

D'Este, Rocco - 2022

Incarceration is a crucial part of the scholarly analysis of crime, but what happens inside penal institutions largely …

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Production and persistence of criminal skills : evidence from a high-crime context

Escobar, Maria A.; Tobón, Santiago; Vanegas-Arias, Martín - In: Journal of development economics 160 (2023), pp. 1-14

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Indigenous Incarceration : The Violence of Colonial Law and Justice

Cunneen, Chris - 2009

This chapter focuses on the violence of incarceration for Indigenous people in Australia. The chapter uses a broad concept of violence that includes overt physical violence, ill-treatment, and the failure to exercise a reasonable duty of care. These issues are explored in relation to Australia's...

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Welfare costs of crime and common violence : a critical review

Soares, Rodrigo Reis - 2010

This paper critically reviews a vast array of literature on the costs of crime and common violence. Using a simple … economic model of crime as a theoretical benchmark, we conceptually discuss the estimates available and their potential use as … suggest directions for further research. -- Crime ; violence ; welfare ; costs ; contingent valuation ; willingness to pay …