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When big brother goes inside: the experiences of younger siblings of young men in prison
No full textThis groundbreaking research uses the testimony of children to identify their needs, fears and experiences, as well as making recommendations for meeting those needs. It is essential reading fro those working in the criminal justice system, in the education and youth work sectors
High security prisons: prisoner perspectives
No full textThis bulletin explores the high security estate in England and Wales. It looks at eight prisons that make up this part of the prison estate and provides a flavour of life in those prisons
Together but different: evaluation report of London Probation's Gang and Hate Crime Pilot Training Project in Lambeth and Southwark
No full textAlternatives to custodial sentencing
No full textThere has been considerable recent debate about overcrowding in UK prisons. The system is struggling to accommodate the growing number of young offenders being given custodial sentences. This POSTnote sets out the scale of the problem and looks at recent trends in sentencing, with a particular focus on young offenders. It examines the factors linked with offending and asks whether better understanding of these can be used to target early actions aimed at deterring young people from offending. Finally, the note examines alternatives to custodial sentencing and assesses how successful these have been in practice
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Spring basking by Vipera aspis: Observations from Italy and France on the displacement distances of basking vipers from their hibernacula
No full textPatterns of movement are an important component in animal ecology. In temperate zone reptiles this includes movement soon after emergence from hibernation, often a crucial period for courtship and mating. Due to the effects of climate or habitat, intra-specific differences in movement in different areas might be expected. We examined this possibility using long-term data on the displacements of aspic vipers (Vipera aspis) from their hibernation dens in Italy and France; the two sites differed in latitude, altitude and vegetation cover. We found no statistically significant differences between Italy and France in displacement distances from the dens. However, in both countries displacements were significantly greater in the afternoon in both males and females. This was thought to be due to differences in cover between the localities. The likely explanation is that the movement of the sun across the sky may leave morning basking positions in the shade and require the snakes to move further from their dens to continue basking
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