Green Party Councillor Demands Pardon for Witches
A Green Party councillor has demanded the pardon of 17th-century witches who were executed for “misogyny, not magic”. Stuart Jeffery, the leader of
Wartime Crisis Mode: The Impact of Russia’s Aggression on the System of Social Control in Ukraine (Crime, Institutes, and Trust in Criminal Justice)
The 21st century is the time of polycrisis, characterised by its temporal and spatial boundaries and cascading effects (Covid-19 pandemics, climate change, the
Tunisian Sentenced to Death for Facebook Posts Criticising President
A Tunisian man has been sentenced to death on charges of insulting the president and assaulting state security through posts on social media.
President Trump Directs the Enforcement of Death Penalty Laws in the District of Columbia
President DonaldTrump signed a Presidential Memorandum directing the Attorney General and the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia to fully enforce Federal
Dmytro Yagunov: Informal prison hierarchies in the 21 century: subculture, trends and social control (The 2025 Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology)
In this study, we raise the issues of the origins of Soviet criminal and prison subculture, the corresponding informal prisoner hierarchies, and the
Crimes on the State Border of Ukraine: Statistical Indicators
In order to provide answers that reflect the real situation in the field of protection of the state border of Ukraine – both
Prison Policy as a Component of Social Control: Between Penological Pessimism and the Rehabilitation Paradigm: Introduction
In this edition, given the considerable scope of the research, I decided not to be overly original. I decided to retain the basic
Saudi Arabia Placing Women in ‘Rehabilitation Jails’
Saudi Arabia is placing women accused of being disobedient in care facilities with prison-like conditions to “rehabilitate” them, according to women who have
Societies Grappling with a ‘Silent but Growing’ Prison Crisis
Prisons have become a fragile link in many criminal justice systems, weakened by over-incarceration, overcrowding, poor conditions and chronic neglect – fuelling calls
UK Will Roll Out Chemical Castration for Sex Offenders
The British government is to rollout the use of medication to suppress the sex drive of sex offenders, as part of a package