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5 results foundAuthor: Connecticut. Office of Policy & Management. Research, Analysis & Evaluation Title: Comparative Analysis of Probation, Parole and Incarceration: Connecticut, the United States and Other States - 1996-2006 Summary: This document provides a comprehensive analysis of rates and numbers of probation, parole and sentenced prison populations for Connecticut, the United States and a cohort of other Northeast states - Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. The stated purpose of this document is to provide a relative measurement of increasing or decreasing rates and numbers of those statistics, by comparison, to those same geographic areas. Details: Hartford, CT: 2008 Source: Year: 2008 Country: United States URL: Shelf Number: 114897 Keywords: Comparative StudiesIncarceration RatesParoleProbation |
Author: McCausland, Ruth Title: Factors Affecting Crime Rates in Indigenous Communities in NSW: A Pilot Study in Wilcannia and Menindee Summary: This pilot study set out to look at two towns with significant Aboriginal communities that are comparable in terms of geography, population, and context, but with higher or lower crime rates. The aim of the study was to identify common themes and factors that may be considered to have an impact on crime rates being higher in Wilcannia and lower in Menindee. Given that the focus was on understanding the political, social, cultural and economic dynamics contributing to crime rate, interviews were conducted with a range of community and organizational representatives and others working in relevant criminal justice and service delivery roles as a way to better understand the dynamics and experiences of the community as a whole. Details: Sydney: Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning, University of Technology Sydney, 2009. 72p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed April 17, 2018 at: https://www.uts.edu.au/sites/default/files/FinalCommunityReportBLNov10.pdf Year: 2009 Country: Australia URL: https://www.uts.edu.au/sites/default/files/FinalCommunityReportBLNov10.pdf Shelf Number: 117101 Keywords: Aboriginal PeoplesComparative StudiesCrime RatesIndigenous Peoples |
Author: Oakley, Robin Title: Combating Hate Crime in Lativa and The Czech Republic: A Comparative Assessment Summary: This paper has been prepared within the framework of the EU-funded project “Combating Hate Crime in Latvia and the Czech Republic: Legislation, Police Practice and the Role of NGOs”, which has been carried out during the period 2006–2008 by the Latvian Centre for Human Rights together with its partner the Czech Helsinki Committee. The main focus of the project has been to address the issue of ineffective policing of hate crime in the two countries. In addition the project has also focused on issues relating to legislation and its implementation, and on the victim’s perspective and the impact on communities. Through developing cooperation between police and NGOs at both national and international levels, and by involvement of international experts in seminars and conferences, the project has aimed to enhance awareness and understanding, as well as elaborating practical tools and methods for more effective policing of hate crime in the two countries. After briefly setting the European context, the paper characterises and compares the state of development in each country, and then describes and assesses the contribution made by the project. Finally the paper draws out the lessons learned, and makes recommendations for follow-up activities both at national and European levels. Key lessons learned include (a) the need for legislation to effectively address other hate crime motives in addition to racism, (b) the need for clear directives and procedures for policing and record-keeping, (c) the need for greater awareness of the victim perspective, (d) the importance of inter-agency cooperation (especially between police, prosecutors and courts), and (e) the importance of preventive activities. Despite the fact that the Czech Republic already has a well-established specialist policing response for tackling “extremist” crime, much more needs to be done in the above fields in both countries. So far as methodology is concerned, the project highlights the key role that NGOs can play in helping to develop the response of the police and other public authorities in responding to hate crime. NGOs can do this not only by monitoring and challenging the performance of the authorities, but also by cooperating with them in a constructive way to help them improve their response, both by raising their knowledge and awareness and by building bridges between them and victims and their communities. Establishing successful relationships between NGOs and the police and other authorities is not always easy and is dependent on mutual respect, understanding and trust. Such relationships need to be built up over time on a basis of sustained practical cooperation. Finally, as regards the implications for the EU, the paper highlights the relevance of the project for current EU policies on combating racism and wider forms of discrimination and social exclusion. Specifically, the project offers a methodology and model of operation that could be used more widely across the EU to promote good practice in combating hate crime through cooperation between police and NGOs. It is therefore recommended that measures should be introduced at EU level to enable the methodology adopted in this project to be applied in other countries across the EU, preferably in the form of a systematic targeted EU-funded programme. The key features of such a programme should be that in each country it should be NGOled, that it should have the focus of implementing EU policy commitments relating to racist and other forms of hate crime, and that national-level activities should be complemented by international exchange of experience. Details: Latvian Centre for Human Rights, 2008. 32p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed March 23, 2012 at http://www.humanrights.org.lv/upload_file/anglu.pdf Year: 2008 Country: Europe URL: http://www.humanrights.org.lv/upload_file/anglu.pdf Shelf Number: 124726 Keywords: Comparative StudiesCrime PreventionHate Crime (Latvia) (Czech Republic) |
Author: Vivian, Alison Title: Factors Affecting Crime Rates in Indigenous Communities in NSW: Kempsey and Gunnedah Summary: This report is the third and final in a series of reports emerging from fieldwork exploring factors that impact on rates of crime in six communities in NSW with significant Aboriginal populations. The main aim of the research was to identify, and better understand, factors that may contribute to variations in rates of offending between two Aboriginal populations that are demographically comparable but have markedly different crime rates. Kempsey has a higher crime rate and Gunnedah the lower crime rate. Details: Sydney: Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning, University of Technology, Sydney, 2012. 94p. Source: Accessed August 8, 2012 at: http://www.jumbunna.uts.edu.au/researchareas/newmedia/FINALKempseyGunnedahReport13June2012.pdf Year: 2012 Country: Australia URL: http://www.jumbunna.uts.edu.au/researchareas/newmedia/FINALKempseyGunnedahReport13June2012.pdf Shelf Number: 125907 Keywords: Aboriginals (Australia)Comparative StudiesCrime RatesIndigenous Peoples |
Author: Vivian, Alison Title: Factors Affecting Crime Rates in Indigenous Communities in NSW: A Pilot Study in Bourke and Lightning Ridge Summary: This report outlines the findings of a pilot study undertaken in the communities of Bourke and Lightning Ridge. An earlier pilot study was carried out in Wilcannia and Menindee in 2009. This pilot study was completed with the support of an Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Research Grant. We were grateful for the support that made the study possible. There are notable differences in the rates of crime between different Aboriginal communities in NSW. While there has been important research undertaken into the characteristics of individual offenders, there is a lack of qualitative research on the factors affecting crime rates in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. In this context, Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning at the University of Technology Sydney, with support from the NSW Bureau of Crimes Statistics and Research (BOCSAR), is exploring factors that may be considered to have an impact on crime rates being higher in some Aboriginal communities and lower in others. This report is intended to reflect the views of the people that we spoke to in November 2009 and March 2010. Given that our focus is on understanding the political, social, cultural and economic dynamics contributing to crime rates, we interviewed a range of community and organisational representatives and others working in relevant criminal justice and service delivery roles, as a way to better understand the dynamics and experiences of the community as a whole. The findings of this pilot study are preliminary and are by no means comprehensive and we do not pretend that we have captured the views of the entire community. Details: Sydney: Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning, University of Technology, Sydney, 2010. 72p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed August 11, 2012 at: http://www.jumbunna.uts.edu.au/pdfs/research/FinalCommunityReportBLNov10.pdf Year: 2010 Country: Australia URL: http://www.jumbunna.uts.edu.au/pdfs/research/FinalCommunityReportBLNov10.pdf Shelf Number: 125972 Keywords: Aboriginals (Australia)Comparative StudiesCrime RatesIndigenous Peoples |