Slurs, roles and power
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DOI: 10.1007/s11098-017-0986-2
Abstract: Slurring is a kind of hate speech that has various effects. Notable among these is variable offence. Slurs vary in offence across words, uses, and the reactions of audience members. Patterns of offence aren’t adequately… read more here.
Keywords: discourse roles; offence; slurs roles; power ... See more keywords
Young adult sexual offenders with emerging personality disorders: developmental and offence-related characteristics and treatment engagement
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DOI: 10.1080/13552600.2018.1551501
Abstract: ABSTRACT In the context of the UK Government’s Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) Strategy, large numbers of high-risk young adult sexual offenders with emerging personality disorders are being screened for inclusion onto specialist intervention pathways (the… read more here.
Keywords: offence; young adult; sexual offenders; treatment ... See more keywords
Sentencing Multiple- Versus Single-Offence Cases: Does More Crime Mean Less Punishment?
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DOI: 10.1093/bjc/azab030
Abstract: The ‘totality principle’ in law aims to show mercy to offenders in multiple-offence (MO) cases and retain ordinal proportionality in punishing those who commit different categories of offence. The effect of this principle in practice,… read more here.
Keywords: offence; offence cases; totality principle; single offence ... See more keywords
Sociodemographic Information, Aversive and Traumatic Events, Offence-Related Characteristics, and Mental Health of Delinquent Women in Forensic-Psychiatric Care in Switzerland
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DOI: 10.1177/0306624x17749638
Abstract: The present study describes a much understudied group—namely, female prisoners under forensic-psychiatric care in the German-speaking part of Switzerland—to improve understanding of their risks and their needs. Data were derived from internal databases of a… read more here.
Keywords: offence; psychiatric care; aversive traumatic; forensic psychiatric ... See more keywords
Differentiating Sexual From Other Violent Offence Types for Case Assessment, Planning, and Management.
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DOI: 10.1177/0306624x221086549
Abstract: Core components of the Intake Assessment (IA) process in the Canadian federal corrections system were examined to determine whether a simplified algorithmic equation for individuals sentenced for sex crimes could be tailored and differentiated from… read more here.
Keywords: offence; sexual violent; offence types; violent offence ... See more keywords
Towards a contextual approach: Audiences, television and ‘offensive’ humour
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DOI: 10.1177/1367549417742014
Abstract: The fine line between humour and offence has long been of interest for scholars and media outlets alike. While some argue for an avoidance of offence at all costs, others defend the ‘right to offend’… read more here.
Keywords: offence; offensive humour; towards contextual; television ... See more keywords