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Limits to Pain

Nils Christie
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The article was published on 1981-11-01 and is currently open access. It has received 228 citations till now.

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A Sociology of Justice

TL;DR: The major literature of this sociology of justice is identified and emergent directions indicated in this paper, where the major literature on causes and prevention of crime now transcends disciplinary lines, it can still be categorized by the questions addressed.

The heterogeneity of crime victims : Variations in procedural and outcome preferences

TL;DR: This article conducted a systematic review on the topic of victim satisfaction with criminal justice to examine which aspects of the procedure and the legal outcome are associated with satisfaction, and mixed findings suggest there is a need to understand the differences among victims, and when certain factors are more important in influencing satisfaction with the judicial process.
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Victims Under Restorative Justice Systems: The Afikpo (Ehugbo) Nigeria Model

TL;DR: In the Afikpo indigenous system of conflict resolution as mentioned in this paper, the goal of justice is reparation of harm done to victims and communities by offenders, and appropriate support is accorded victims and their families by the community.

Inmate Mental Health, Solitary Confinement, And Cruel And Unusual Punishment: An Ethical And Justice Policy Inquiry

TL;DR: In this article, a case law addressing Eighth Amendment challenges for persons with preexisting mental health conditions subjected to long-term disciplinary solitary confinement is discussed, and the authors speculatively and provisionally enumerate several policy recommendations.
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Whose Side Are We On

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Conflicts as property

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.
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The informal economy

TL;DR: The authors of as discussed by the authors suggest that a wide range of services which were once produced in the money economy are increasingly provided informally on a self-service basis. But they do not consider the role of the state in the provision of these services.