This dissertation explores the central importance of capital punishment in the development of a criminal justice system in Wisconsin – first as part of the Michigan Territory (1818-36), then as a separate U.S. territory (1836-48), and, finally, throughout its early years as a st…
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This study is a case study of Indonesian prisoners. It explores the life of both political and criminal inmates within the walls. Thus, similarities and dissimilarities of their behavior in everyday life within the prison are the main scrutiny of this study. In sum, this study f…
The work of the Persian poet Mas'ud Sa'd Salmân (d. 1121 C.E.) is studied by situating him in his appropriate historical and cultural context, while exploring the idea that writing at the frontier of empire contributed to various types of innovations in his poetry. There is a pe…
This dissertation is an ethnographic study of the seven-year-long mass hunger strike undertaken by prisoners affiliated with outlawed Marxist-Leninist organizations in Turkey to protest their transfer from traditional ward-type facilities to new cellular institutions modeled aft…
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a known public health threat to prison systems due to poor hygiene, crowded living conditions, poor health of inmates, and poor prison healthcare systems. The large population of HIV-infected people living in prisons is especially susceptible to …
Background: Iran is one of the countries with the highest rate of opioid and heroin consumption in the world1, 2. Injection drug use (IDU) is a relatively new phenomenon in Iran, where opium smoking was previously more prevalent. This study aims to identify risk factors that dif…
This dissertation examines the contemporary genre of prison literature (adab al-sijn ) in Syria and its connections to avant-garde Arabic literary experimentalism and global human rights discourse. Through readings of various literary works produced in, through, and about the ex…
Addiction affects the lives of people by damaging their health, destroying their relationships, scarring their soul and damaging their brain. Recovery, to be most effective, must treat all these areas. Most programs focus on one or two of these issues, but leave out the damage d…
This dissertation employs a multidisciplinary approach to describe the transformative power of religion in prison. It examines this topic by analyzing qualitative data with theoretical models and ideas from scholarly literature, which help to elaborate the crucial dimensions of …
Interfaith dialogue has always been an interest of the writer and particularly in the context of prisons. The influx of immigration has occurred in recent years of persons who worship God differently from our founding fathers, which has particularly affected minority communities…
Monograph examining the allegations concerning the violation of human rights of Palestinians living in Israeli-occupied territorys of the West bank and gaza - discusses Israeli disregard of geneva conventions with respect to the legal aspects of land settlements, suppression of …
Background: Concern has been voiced over the needs of ex-military personnel following their discharge from military service and subsequent transition to community living. This concern has extended to include veterans, particularly those who have mental health, drug or alcohol pr…
Based on a nine-month ethnographic study of a young offenders' institution in Belfast this thesis explores the needs and experiences of young men imprisoned in Northern Ireland through the lens of critical masculinities studies. The Prison Review Team has described Hydebank, and…
Esta tesis examina como en la novela El apando de José Revueltas y el testimonio Los días y los años de Luis González de Alba, el espacio es representado, organizado, y manipulado para funcionar como una herramienta del estado mexicano para ejercer su poder. Este poder era ejecu…
Mass incarceration began almost fifty years ago and has proliferated to the point that the United States is the world leader in incarceration. Much work has been done that examines the history and nature of mass incarceration and the carceral state. However, an area that has rec…
