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Limits to Pain
01 Nov 1981-
About: The article was published on 1981-11-01 and is currently open access. It has received 228 citations till now.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors compare the present and likely future state of probation services in England and Wales with their good standing and reputation in the third quarter of the 20th century, and consider whether there are core features of probation which can be identified in its earlier theory and practice which help to account for this.
Abstract: This article is based on the 14th Bill McWilliams Memorial Lecture, delivered at the Institute of Criminology in Cambridge on 22 June 2011. It contrasts the present and likely future state of probation services in England and Wales with their good standing and reputation in the third quarter of the 20th Century, and considers whether there are core features of probation which can be identified in its earlier theory and practice which help to account for this. It traces the recent history of probation services in England and Wales in the context of social and political changes, and questions how much a probation service which moves away from help towards punishment can still have in common with earlier visions. Finally, some future possibilities are discussed, together with the political conditions which might help or hinder them.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a conflict model of incarceration rates in the United States is presented and then tested for three years in recent correctional history, hypothesizing the effects of both social structural characteristics and the crime rate, is supported and appears to be relatively stable over the three periods.
Abstract: A conflict model of incarceration rates in the United States is presented and then tested for three years in recent correctional history. The model, hypothesizing the effects of both social structural characteristics and the crime rate, is supported and appears to be relatively stable over the three periods. Two variables, percentage of the population black and violent crime rate, appear to be strong and consistent predictors of the incarceration rate. In addition, there is some limited support for institutional theorists' claim that during an era of increased political scrutiny and externally imposed change, the normally “loosely coupled” criminal justice system may become more “tightly coupled” and may exhibit more predictable outcomes.
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TL;DR: ChristChristie as mentioned in this paper comments in a critical and quite provocative way on the names of the ''babies'? - 'because names are important: names influence action, create expectations, and sometimes hide realities'.
Abstract: For the launch of Restorative Justice: an International Journal a unique symposium has been organised. One of the most inspiring figures in the restorative justice movement, Nils Christie, accepted an invitation to reflect on some of the 'common' concepts in the field. More than three decades after the publication of the now classic Conflicts as Property, Christie comments in a critical and quite provocative way on the names of the ?babies? - 'because names are important: names influence action, create expectations, and sometimes hide realities'. The concepts of 'justice', 'restoration', 'reconciliation', 'victim', 'offender', ... pass the review. Ten established scholars from different parts of the world and traditions react to Christie's Words on words. They elaborate on his ideas, debate, contradict them, resonating important evolutions in current thinking and practice of restorative justice worldwide.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a participant observation study of a treatment programme for men who batter, the author was forced to bracket the objective, empirical question, but freed to see how certain ideological practices worked to keep class seen-but-unnoticed.
Abstract: The claim is often voiced that wife abuse is a problem that cuts across all social and economic lines. Yet there is considerable research evidence suggesting an inverse relationship between wife abuse and the socioeconomic status of both victims and perpetrators. The question of the relevance of social class has generally been construed as a factual one, in principle resolvable by collecting more and better data. Doing a participant observation study of a treatment programme for men who batter, the author was forced to bracket the objective, empirical question, but freed to see how certain ideological practices worked to keep class seen-but-unnoticed. The abstract terms and categories of the dominant discourse of abuse were deployed in ways that subsumed and subdued the men's own experiences of themselves and their lives. In this way the particular local setting was bound to the relations of ruling of patriarchal capitalism. The approaches of peacemaking criminology and restorative justice offer possibilities for alternative, more effective responses to men's violence against women
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TL;DR: In this article, a court procedure that restores the participants' rights to their own conflicts is outlined, where the participants have lost their rights to participate in conflict resolution in the past.
Abstract: CONFLICTS are seen as important elements in society. Highly industrialised societies do not have too much internal conflict, they have too little. We have to organise social systems so that conflicts are both nurtured and made visible and also see to it that professionals do not monopolise the handling of them. Victims of crime have in particular lost their rights to participate. A court procedure that restores the participants' rights to their own conflicts is outlined.
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