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Effects of recruit training on police attitudes towards diversity: a randomised controlled trial of a values education programme.
Research Question Did a values education program taught to Queensland police recruits change their attitudes towards police workplace diversity and equality, relative to recruits in the same cohorts who did not received ... -
This Nudge Was Not Enough: A Randomised Trial of Text Message Reminders of Court Dates to Victims and Witnesses
Research Question Do text messages to mobile phones of victims and witnesses two or three days before they are scheduled to appear in court reduce their nonappearance rates in minor criminal cases? Data A sample of 811 ... -
Pressing for Sentence? An Examination of the New Zealand Crown Prosecutor’s Role in Sentencing
Prosecutors are among the most powerful actors in any criminal justice system. Their exercise of discretion, however, has not been subjected to the same level of public and empirical scrutiny as other parts of the criminal ... -
Adaptation, Moral Community and Power in a Prison for Men Convicted of Sex Offences
(2018-05-25)This thesis explores the experiences of imprisonment of men held in HMP Stafford, an English medium-security prison for men convicted of sexual offences. Sex offenders constitute a significant proportion of the prison ...
