The Furnace of Affliction: Prisons and Religion in Antebellum AmericaThe Journal of American History
Third, how many other developed countries have a crime rate as high as it is in the United States? In the 70’s and 80’s crime was out of control here and despite amazing progress in getting those rates down, it is still much higher than in other developed nations. If the United St...
find differences in intelligence developing, and this indicates that environment as well as birth plays a part.This conclusion is also suggested by the fact that people who live in close contact with each other, but who are not related at all are likely to have similar degree of intelligence....
In many countries, architects assume that designing to meet the local building code assures that their buildings are safe for the public. But what if a building’s harm is not in the risk of the building falling down, but in the building performing as intended? If designed for the wrong ...
One of our narratives comes from England, the other from Norway. Our analysis emerges from a recognition that, despite visiting prisons for different research projects in different countries, our experiences in prison spaces shared striking similarities. We had each expected prisons to have clear and...
countries felt inhuman even for the scum who raped women and children. Good lord, I hope these places figure out a balance with this. Victims shouldn't have to see their perps living the lavish like... looking like a high-end hotel; while on the other hand, prisoners who committed ...
Asked about concerns that the deal may incentivise the detention of Americans in Russia, Mr Biden said: "I don't buy this idea that you let these people rot in jail because other people may be captured." The complex trade was negotiated with Russia and several other countries...
Right-wing politicians said the brazenness of the assault showed the government had lost its grip on drug crime, comparing France to countries with longstanding reputations for endemic gang violence. "We're on a path to Mexicanisation," Bruno Retailleau, leader of the...
In 2008, a British newspaper published a huge story stating that the CIA and other US secret services have been holding up to 25,000 people captive in secret sites across the world. In their report, they’ve also stated that a huge number of those people are held on ships that are know...
The average prison in the countries of the world experiences overcapacity, even overcapacity is a special feature for modern prisons that have stood since the 19th century [4]. The world's prisoner population has increased by 25-30%, showing an increase of around 6%. Based on data from the...