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World Prison Population: Facts, Trends and Solutions
Brian Tkachuk,Roy Walmsley +1 more
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The sanitation and hygiene targets of the sustainable development goals: scope and challenges
Duncan Mara,Barbara Evans +1 more
TL;DR: The sanitation target of the Sustainable Development Goals is that everyone should have a ‘safely-managed’ sanitation facility by 2030 and that open defecation be eliminated, and there is a correspondingly considerable need for training local sanitation and hygiene professionals, so that they can plan and design interventions to meet the target.
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Prisons in Africa: An Evaluation from a Human Rights Perspective
TL;DR: The role of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights as well as the Special Rapporteur on Prisons and Conditions of Detention in Africa are also considered in this article.
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Introduction: American exceptionalism in crime and punishment: Broadly defined
TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on the U.S. exceptionalism in crime and punishment (AECP) for the new century and argue that a wider menu of sanction types should be included in AECP analyses.
Prison Overcrowding : Finding Effective Solutions. Strategies and Best Practices Against Overcrowding in Correctional Facilities
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide an international comparison of problems of prison overcrowding, focusing on the definition of overcrowding and its extent in Europe, the US, South America, Africa, Asia, and post-conflict and conflict-affected countries.
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Criminal Victimisation in Seventeen Industrialised Countries. Key findings from the 2000 International Crime Victims Survey
TL;DR: The International Crime Victimization Survey (ICVS) as mentioned in this paper is the most far-reaching program of fully standardised sample surveys looking at householders' experience of crime in different countries.
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Why Are U.S. Incarceration Rates So High
TL;DR: Most explanations of the unprecedented increase in American incarceration rates are inadequate as discussed by the authors, and crime rate increases, more punitive public attitudes, postmodernist angst, and cynical politics are all only part of the explanation.