Feminist Action Against Pornography In Japan: Unexpected Success In An Unlikely Place,
2020
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University
Feminist Action Against Pornography In Japan: Unexpected Success In An Unlikely Place, Caroline Norma, Seiya Morita
Dignity: A Journal of Analysis of Exploitation and Violence
In late 2016 a feminist movement against problems of commercial sexual exploitation, and especially issues of coerced pornography filming, arose in Japan. This article describes the history of this movement as it mobilized to combat human rights violations perpetrated by the country’s pornographers. The movement’s success came not spontaneously or haphazardly; in fact, it was orchestrated earlier over a full decade-and-a-half by activists who persevered in researching and highlighting pornography’s harms in a civil environment of hostility, isolation and social derision, even among progressive groups and individuals. The Anti-Pornography and Prostitution Research Group (APP) was particularly prominent in this history. …
What Epidemic? Rural, Suburban, And Urban Community Members' Perceptions Of Opioid Use In The Current Epidemic,
2020
Northern Illinois University
What Epidemic? Rural, Suburban, And Urban Community Members' Perceptions Of Opioid Use In The Current Epidemic, Carly A. Besler
Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations
The opioid epidemic in the United States does not discriminate. With previous research showing the rise of the opioid epidemic and how it is impacting all communities, there is a lack of research addressing perceptions towards the opioid epidemic on a national level and in local communities. Thus, my proposed thesis asks, what are the perceptions rural, suburban, and urban community members have towards opioid use within their community? More specifically, does institutional anomie on the national level, and social disorganization on the community level, influence perceptions of opioid use. Administered through a survey, via Amazon’s Mechanical Turk, I will …
Legal Complexities Of The Sex Trafficking Of Minors,
2020
Eastern Michigan University
Legal Complexities Of The Sex Trafficking Of Minors, Christie Mccormick
Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations
Among human rights abuses in modern society, the trafficking of women and children for labor, prostitution, and other forms of sexual exploitation is one of the greatest. While a large amount of time and financial support has gone into efforts to suppress trafficking and shelter its victims, there has not been enough done to tackle this problem. Before reaching the age of 18, it is predicted that 80% of adolescents in the United States will have traded money for sex. Many adolescent girls who have been trafficked in the commercial sex industries are subject to serious criminal penalties for prostitution-related …
When Life Gives You Diversity... : A History Of Racial Diversity And Conflict In Four Philadelphia Neighborhoods, 1960 - 2015,
2020
University at Albany, State University of New York
When Life Gives You Diversity... : A History Of Racial Diversity And Conflict In Four Philadelphia Neighborhoods, 1960 - 2015, Jeaneé C. Miller
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
The U.S. population has changed significantly since the 1950s, becoming markedly more racially diverse. Still, a large portion of America’s neighborhoods remain racially segregated – even in large, racially diverse cities, such as Philadelphia (Logan & Stults, 2011). As a result, there is a well-established body of research that has shown that residential segregation consistently produces negative effects for neighborhoods (Massey & Denton, 1993). In response, many scholars and policymakers have suggested that the most promising response to inequality due to segregation is racial residential integration (Denton, 2010; Ellen, 2000; Galster, 1992; Roisman, 2008). However, social science research has produced …
Public Perceptions Of Crime Trends : Measurement, Perceived Causes, And Behavioral Consequences,
2020
University at Albany, State University of New York
Public Perceptions Of Crime Trends : Measurement, Perceived Causes, And Behavioral Consequences, Luzi Shi
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
In the U.S. the public is persistent in believing in worsening crime trends, despite the fact that the crime rate has been falling since the early 1990s. This dissertation is a comprehensive examination of the measurement, perceived causes, and behavioral consequences of crime trend perceptions. It is composed of three interrelated studies. The first step to understanding crime trend perceptions is to have accurate measurement. In the first study, I identify the limitations of existing measurement of crime trend perceptions and argue that it is important to measure perceptions of short-term and long-term crime trends separately. Using three samples, I …
What's Your Plea (Culture)? : Processes And Rationales Underlying And Shaping Plea Decision-Making : A "Courtnography" And Interviews With Defendants, Defense Attorneys, And Prosecutors,
2020
University at Albany, State University of New York
What's Your Plea (Culture)? : Processes And Rationales Underlying And Shaping Plea Decision-Making : A "Courtnography" And Interviews With Defendants, Defense Attorneys, And Prosecutors, Reveka Vladimirovna Shteynberg
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
The reality is that “criminal justice today is for the most part a system of pleas, not a system of trials,” as Justice Anthony M. Kennedy wrote for the majority in Lafler v. Cooper (2012). Despite this heavy reliance on plea bargaining in the U.S. criminal justice system, the nature of plea bargain decisions remains elusive. Although there has been influential and important research in which defendants and court actors were interviewed about the plea decision process, this research was mostly conducted 40 to 50 years ago about a different court system than the one that exists today; a nation …
The Aftermath : Perceptions Of Employment And Livelihood Among Former Crack Cocaine Dealers In Upstate New York,
2020
University at Albany, State University of New York
The Aftermath : Perceptions Of Employment And Livelihood Among Former Crack Cocaine Dealers In Upstate New York, Charletta Latrice Robinson
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
Starting in the 1980s, the crack cocaine epidemic disproportionately affected African American males. The justice system incarcerated thousands of African American males, often multiple times for selling crack cocaine during their adolescence and adult lives. On release from prison, this population often does not fit well with the environment to which they return, leading to subsequent incarceration. Using the ecological theory as a lens, this study concerns the goodness of fit between African American males incarcerated repeatedly for selling crack cocaine and the home environment within an Upstate New York community after their release. In this study, I explored the …
The "Matthew Effect" In Punishment: : Do Previous Sanctions Foster More Sanctions In The Future?,
2020
University at Albany, State University of New York
The "Matthew Effect" In Punishment: : Do Previous Sanctions Foster More Sanctions In The Future?, Yinzhi Shen
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
Societal response to crime is a topic at the heart of criminology. In contrast to a vast literature on the hidden social consequences of formal sanctions on individuals, family and communities, few studies have examined the ramifications of a formal sanction on future interactions with the criminal justice system over the individual life course. Applying a cumulative disadvantage (CDA) perspective, my dissertation contributes to the understanding of whether and how a prior punishment affects an individual’s trajectory of future punishments over the life course. Theoretically, I elaborated two conceptualizations of CDA processes and highlighted the overlooked value of applying CDA …
The Effects Of A Proactive Policy-Driven Migration On Neighborhood Crime,
2020
University at Albany, State University of New York
The Effects Of A Proactive Policy-Driven Migration On Neighborhood Crime, Tyler Scott Bellick
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
The immigrant crime-relationship is one of the most vigorously debated and contentious public policy concerns in present society. The majority of scholarship investigating this link demonstrates that immigrants are no more crime prone than the native-born population, and in fact, may even suppress levels of neighborhood crime. A limitation of this body of scholarship is that it tends focus on immigration, overall, or specifically Latino immigration, failing to account of potentially important between-group differences in offending. The present study addresses this gap by examining the effects of a government-driven Guyanese migration on neighborhood crime rates at five cross-sections. Exploratory analyses …
Volume 22, Full Contents,
2020
Valparaiso University
Volume 22, Full Contents, Mssj Staff
Midwest Social Sciences Journal
No abstract provided.
Harm, Earth Jurisprudence And Human/Nonhuman Relationships,
2020
Northumbria University
Harm, Earth Jurisprudence And Human/Nonhuman Relationships, Tanya Wyatt
Animal Sentience
To prevent the next pandemic and to protect the environment and non-human animals, there needs to be a clear definition of harm and a legal system grounded in Earth Jurisprudence. Drawing on evolutionary principles to redefine harm and to radically alter the legal system to be Earth-centred will help ensure that harmful actions like certain wildlife trade, wildlife trafficking, and intensive farming do not threaten the survival of any life.
Women Returning To Their Families And Communities After Incarceration: Their Needs, Concerns And Challenges,
2020
University of Kentucky
Women Returning To Their Families And Communities After Incarceration: Their Needs, Concerns And Challenges, Julius Johnson
Theses and Dissertations--Community & Leadership Development
The voices of women in re-entry from prison have been muted for many decades. Prior research conducted on men and prison re-entry has been used to shape not only prisons but also the reentry process for women. It is because of this oversight that the gender-specific needs of women in the justice system have gone unnoticed. Once released, formerly incarcerated women face the almost impossible task of finding employment. Many women who find employment have found that their wages do not help them move out of poverty. Trying to find adequate housing becomes an issue not only because of their …
Are Opinions On Abortion Based On Racial Attitudes?,
2020
The University of Akron
Are Opinions On Abortion Based On Racial Attitudes?, Ashley Mueller
Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects
My specific research question that I will be addressing through my Honors Research Project is; Does one’s race influence their opinions and criminalization of abortion in the United States? In addition to this question I will be discussing if these views have changed over time depending on race, and how their backgrounds, due to their race, may differentiate these views.
Transformation As Desistance Inside: Temporality And Identity Reconstruction Among Men With Life Sentences,
2020
Bucknell University
Transformation As Desistance Inside: Temporality And Identity Reconstruction Among Men With Life Sentences, Richard Stover
Honors Theses
This thesis is an investigation of destistance strategies among men sentenced to life in prison in a medium security prison in Pennsylvania. Desistance here is defined as the process leading to the cessation of formally deviant behavior. Drawing from life narrative interviews conducted among 22 men, I argue that desistance is intrinsically tied to how inmates conceptualize themselves within the institutional context of the prison and can be expanded to include people who are still incarcerated. I build off of Peggy Giordano and colleagues symbolic interactionist perspective on desistance and expand it to chart how men with life sentences order …
เหยื่อจากศัลยกรรมความงามและกระบวนการเยียวยาเหยื่อในประเทศไทย,
2020
คณะรัฐศาสตร์
เหยื่อจากศัลยกรรมความงามและกระบวนการเยียวยาเหยื่อในประเทศไทย, ศิริรัตน์ พรหมหิตาธร
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
การศึกษาเรื่อง "เหยื่อจากศัลยกรรมความงามและกระบวนการเยียวยาเหยื่อในประเทศไทย" นี้ มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อ 1) ศึกษาสถานการณ์การตกเป็นเหยื่ออาชญากรรมเกี่ยวกับศัลยกรรมความงาม 2) ศึกษากระบวนการเยียวยาผู้ตกเป็นเหยื่อการทำศัลยกรรมที่เกิดความผิดพลาด และ 3) ศึกษาแนวทางป้องกันและเยียวยาการตกเป็นเหยื่อศัลยกรรมความงาม งานวิจัยนี้เป็นการวิจัยเชิงคุณภาพ ทำการศึกษารวบรวมข้อมูลจากเอกสารวิชาการและข่าวที่นำเสนอในปี 2558-2562 ที่ปรากฏในสื่อ เก็บข้อมูลโดยวิธีการสัมภาษณ์เชิงลึกจากผู้ที่ตกเป็นเหยื่อจากการทำศัลยกรรมความงาม ซึ่งผู้ให้ข้อมูลสำคัญ คือ ผู้ที่ได้รับความเสียหาย ญาติและผู้ใกล้ชิดกับผู้ที่ได้รับความเสียหายจากการศัลยกรรมความงามจากหมอกระเป๋าและคลินิกศัลยกรรมความงาม จำนวน 5 คน รวมทั้งผู้เกี่ยวข้องกับกระบวนการเยียวยาผู้เสียหายจากการทำศัลยกรรมที่มีประสบการณ์ในการทำงานไม่น้อยกว่า 5 ปี รวมทั้งหมด 9 คน ในพื้นที่กรุงเทพมหานครและปริมณฑล ผลการศึกษาพบว่า สถานการณ์ความรุนแรงที่ผู้ตกเป็นเหยื่อได้รับผลกระทบที่ปรากฏให้เห็นภายนอกทั้งทางร่างกายและจิตใจตั้งแต่บาดเจ็บเล็กน้อย เสียโฉม พิการและเสียชีวิต อีกทั้งพบว่ารูปแบบการทำศัลยกรรมกับหมอกระเป๋าได้รับความนิยมในกลุ่มสาวประเภทสอง เพราะความต้องการตอบสนองด้านความงาม ต้องการเหมือนผู้หญิง เป็นส่วนสำคัญที่ผลักดันให้ทำศัลยกรรมความงาม ปัจจุบันความนิยมเหล่านี้ขยายวงกว้างในกลุ่มผู้หญิง เกือบทุกช่วงอายุ เนื่องจากอิทธิพลของกระบวนการสร้างอัตลักษณ์โดยใช้สื่อทางสังคม การโฆษณา การรีวิว และการบอกกันแบบปากต่อปาก การเยียวยาผู้ตกเป็นเหยื่อจากการศัลยกรรมความงามพบว่ามีการเยียวยาโดยสังคมผ่านทางสื่อโซเชียลมีเดีย องค์กรต่างๆที่ไม่หวังผลกำไร, การเยียวยาโดยคู่กรณีที่ก่อให้เกิดความเสียหายผ่านกระบวนการไกล่เกลี่ย และการบังคับตามคำพิพากษาของศาล ประกอบกับการเยียวยาโดยภาครัฐผ่านพระราชบัญญัติค่าตอบแทนผู้เสียหายและค่าทดแทนและค่าใช้จ่ายแก่จำเลยในคดีอาญา พ.ศ. 2544 และ การเยียวยาตามพระราชบัญญัติหลักประกันสุขภาพ พ.ศ.2545 ในมาตรา 41 ที่นำหลักการชดเชยความเสียหายโดยไม่ต้องพิสูจน์ความผิดมาใช้ แต่ยังไม่ครอบคลุมความเสียหายจากการทำศัลยกรรมความงาม ข้อเสนอแนะจากงานวิจัยเพื่อเป็นแนวทางป้องกันการตกเป็นเหยื่อศัลยกรรมความงาม คือ ควรเพิ่มช่องทางตรวจสอบใบอนุญาตประกอบกิจการสถานเสริมความงาม, การมีข้อกำหนดเกี่ยวกับคุณลักษณะของแพทย์ที่จะทำศัลยกรรมความงาม, การทำความเข้าใจระหว่างแพทย์และผู้รับบริการถึงขั้นตอนและวิธีการรักษา การผ่าตัด และผลกระทบ, มีการควบคุมข้อความที่ใช้โฆษณาของคลินิกศัลยกรรมให้มีความเหมาะสม, การประชาสัมพันธ์ให้ความรู้แก่ประชาชนถึงผลดีและผลเสียที่อาจเกิดขึ้นภายหลังการทำศัลยกรรมความงาม และการตรวจสอบแพทย์และคลินิกศัลยกรรมความงาม รวมทั้งการผสานการทำงานเชิงรุกของหน่วยงานภาครัฐและมีหน่วยงานกลางกำกับดูแลเฉพาะเรื่องศัลยกรรมความงาม และแนวทางการเยียวยาความเสียหายจากการทำศัลยกรรมความงาม คือ เพิ่มเติมข้อกำหนดในพระราชบัญญัติพระราชบัญญัติหลักประกันสุขภาพ พ.ศ.2545 ในมาตรา 41 ให้มีการชดเชยที่ครอบคลุมความเสียหายจากการทำศัลยกรรมความงาม, จัดให้มีการประกันภัยความรับผิดทางการแพทย์ หรือกองทุนเพื่อเยียวยากรณีเกิดความผิดพลาดจากการทำศัลยกรรมความงาม
Causes, Prevention, And Macro-Level Effects Of Juvenile Substance Abuse,
2020
The University of Akron
Causes, Prevention, And Macro-Level Effects Of Juvenile Substance Abuse, Nicole Neiman
Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects
This project will evaluate the prevalence, types, causation, and effects of juvenile substance abuse. Looking into this, the reader can understand the factors that lead to juvenile substance abuse and the further affects that juvenile substance abuse can have on the user, the juvenile justice system, the community, and society as a whole. Some of the factors to be taken into consideration include physical/sexual abuse, mental health disorders, familial situations, socioeconomic status, age, gender, peer influence, and other demographics. Furthermore, the reader will also understand how juvenile substance abuse relates to crime. Research will be done to review the drug-crime …
Navigating The Manosphere: An Examination Of The Incel Movements’ Attitudes Of Sexual Aggression And Violence Against Women,
2020
Eastern Kentucky University
Navigating The Manosphere: An Examination Of The Incel Movements’ Attitudes Of Sexual Aggression And Violence Against Women, Albina Laskovtsov
Online Theses and Dissertations
There is a considerable and established literature on the topic of violence against women. Yet, there remains understudied areas of foci with lesser attention paid to its occurrence within online and digital contexts. Of particular interest is the networked misogyny and sexism of the online group that self-identifies as “involuntary celibates”, or “incels”. Drawing on data collected from online forums and chat rooms, the language and discourse of this particular group are analyzed through an integrated conceptual framework encompassing hegemonic masculinity, aggrieved entitlement, and patriarchy to better understand the prevalence and types of violence promoted by “incels”. Emerging themes revealed …
Framing Crime And Social Problems: How Students Perceive The Legality Of Digital Piracy,
2020
Eastern Kentucky University
Framing Crime And Social Problems: How Students Perceive The Legality Of Digital Piracy, Jordan Henson
Online Theses and Dissertations
The current information age has seen a shift from analog product manufacturing to the production of intellectual property (e.g., software and digital media); property that is stolen at alarming rates. Much of the research concerning the modern phenomenon of digital piracy, as defined by Al-Rafee and Cronan (2006, p. 237) as “the illegal copying/downloading of copyrighted software and media files,” has stemmed from various fields, including business, ethics, marketing, and information systems. What is lacking in the literature is a notably criminal justice lens in which to view a controversial topic that is growing in popularity among the media and …
Hiding In Plain Sight: Ghosted Police Vehicles And The Perception Of Police Presence On College Campuses,
2020
Eastern Kentucky University
Hiding In Plain Sight: Ghosted Police Vehicles And The Perception Of Police Presence On College Campuses, Mackenzie Kibler
Online Theses and Dissertations
Previous research has shown that police presence, which involves visibility of law enforcement personnel, is often related to perceptions of individual safety and individual behavior. The purpose of this study was to explore perceptions of college students and campus law enforcement regarding visibility of and citizen/police interaction on Eastern Kentucky University’s campus. The first phase of this project was designed to measure student awareness and visibility of “ghosted” police vehicles, which are black with matte black markings on the doors and have few easily visible indicators of law enforcement vehicles, versus other police types of police vehicles on campus. The …
Help Seeking After Campus Sexual Assault: From Policy To Victims,
2020
University of Kentucky
Help Seeking After Campus Sexual Assault: From Policy To Victims, Kathleen Ratajczak
Theses and Dissertations--Sociology
Help seeking after an experience of campus sexual assault is an important link for many survivors towards processing and healing. College campuses have a plethora of resources available, from free counseling, health clinics, advocates, and reporting options all right on their doorstep. Yet many students do not seek help from these offices. This study sought to find out why by looking beyond the victim, and examining the relationship between Title IX policy, professionals who provide resources, and victims. Through both policy analysis and in-depth interviews with both professionals and victims, this study found that Title IX policy codify the social …
