Criminology & Criminal Justice

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Private security guards are increasingly supplementing public police in the policing of urban parks. In the context of this expansion, little is known about how people who frequent and depend on access to these spaces, such as street-involved people who ...

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Although emotions are integral to criminal violence, little research has explicitly explored the role of emotions in drug market violence. This study uses the ‘sociology of emotions’ and the concept of ‘street field’ to understand how envy shapes ...

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Recent work has explored how psychological distance can shape individuals’ perceptions of crime risk in the absence of actual threats. However, it is not known whether age and gender, which are common correlates of fear of crime, influence the ...

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This article presents qualitative findings from a mixed-methods research study examining the extent and nature of human trafficking across the island of Ireland from January 2014 to September 2019. Specifically, this article focuses on information ...

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‘Care’ in a policing context naturally focuses on supporting victim-survivors. The aim of this article is to consider care for police officers who have regular exposure to rape and serious sexual offences cases and officer gender roles. We consider the ...

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Previous studies have established a link between prior victimization and subsequent victimization, although research in the context of fraud victimization, particularly among older adults, remains limited. To address this research gap, this study examines ...

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The operation of policing services on university campuses in the United Kingdom is under-researched. Drawing on interviews with university managers, security personnel and residential wardens, this article adds to the limited literature on policing in ...

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Media framing of the political, professional, and personal dynamics of criminal law in regional areas can illuminate the reach of arbitrary moral arguments used to criminalise marginalised populations. Drawing on analysis of media articles from post-...

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More women are increasingly joining the judiciary, especially during the last four decades. This has led to more research on the influence of sex on judicial decisions. Judge’s sex is a non-legal factor whose importance lies in the generally acknowledged ...

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This study provides the first analysis of prosecutors, members of the judiciary, voluntary organizations, and police officers’ perspectives about the implementation of coercive control offences. In terms of the design, requiring proof that the prohibited ...

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Examining the harmful effects of some existing governance approaches to urban space and various types of resistance to them, we outline a new framework to develop and evaluate security approaches in the city – in particular, towards ‘incivilities’. This ...

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Corruption – the (mis)use of entrusted power or public office for private gain – is a widely researched and discussed subject matter with various descriptions. Understanding the meaning and nature of corruption from the perspectives of criminal justice ...

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Rates of suicides are on the rise in Scottish prisons. Fatal Accident and Sudden Deaths Inquiries (FAIs) carried out by sheriffs following these deaths provide a valuable source of knowledge regarding how the criminal justice system understands and ...

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Refugee and migrant women in prison are likely to have experiences of trauma and gender-based violence, which shape their pathways to prison and impact their experiences in prison. This systematic review analyses the findings of qualitative studies to ...

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Criminology has long taken an interest in cities and in the question of justice in the streets. But what constitutes ‘justice’ in urban spaces such as city streets? We consider this question through a focus on the use of street spaces by public protesters ...

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In this article, attention is paid to understanding how the principle of restorative justice is operationalised and works within a context such as the Norwegian youth justice reform. The study reveals a distinct gap between ideals and practical realities. ...

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This article seeks to develop a distinctive conceptual framework for the purpose of (re)imagining progressive youth justice. We begin by utilising zemiological insights to relate the widely recognised impacts of neoliberalism to the social harms ...