scholarly journals Advancing Social Equity: Examining the Impact of Gender, Place, and Race on Criminal Justice Administration in Alabama

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 283-292
Author(s):  
Regina Moorer
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Black Women ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Social Equity ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Program Administrators ◽  
The Impact

This article explores how the intersections of gender, place, and race impact the socially equitable application of criminal justice administration in Alabama. Specifically, most re-entry programs fail to address the varied and unique post-carceral needs of Black women. As such, this work examines the obstacles and opportunities for non-profit re-entry program administrators who seek to uphold the civil and human rights of Black women and highlights best practices in providing meaningful re-entry and reintegration services to women from historically under-resourced communities. Using social equity’s theoretical principles in criminal justice, this article spotlights Alabama’s re-entry programs and explores what occurs at the juncture of social equity, community-based criminal justice administration, and recidivism; this article also illustrates the interconnectedness of these three concepts.

Gender-Inclusive Educational Programs for Workforce Development

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 94-103
Author(s):  
Sarah M. Ray ◽  
Ovidio Galvan ◽  
Jill Zarestky
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Vocational Education ◽  
Workforce Development ◽  
Feminist Pedagogy ◽  
Workforce Education ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Program Administrators ◽  
Participation Of Women ◽  
The Impact

Vocational and workforce education provide economic opportunity but often exclude or limit the participation of women. Here, we lay the foundation for developing workforce programming from a feminist perspective and building inclusion efforts within academic institutions for vocational education students and practitioners. Based on a systematic review of the literature, we present findings pertaining to three aspects of feminist pedagogy—career choice, care, and multiculturalism—as the basis for identifying the best practices for a feminist pedagogy of vocational education. We conclude with a discussion of the impact of the findings on the personal/social and political/structural qualities of education programs and provide an extensive and concrete checklist for vocational and workforce program administrators and educators to use when evaluating and modifying their programs for inclusive practices.

scholarly journals THE STATE'S RESPONSIBILITY IN THE WELFARE OF PEOPLE AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY IN THE FACE OF COVID-19 FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS

1970 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-198
Author(s):  
Serlika Aprita ◽  
Lilies Anisah
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Government Regulation ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Problem Solver ◽  
The World ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Government ◽  
Almost All ◽  
The Impact

The Covid-19 pandemic was taking place in almost all countries around the world. Along with the increasingly vigorous government strategy in tackling the spread of the corona virus that was still endemic until now, the government had started to enforce the Large-Scale Social Restrictions (PSBB) with the signing of Government Regulation (PP) No. 21 of 2020 about PSBB which was considered able to accelerate countermeasures while preventing the spread of corona that was increasingly widespread in Indonesia. The research method used was normative prescriptive. The government put forward the principle of the state as a problem solver. The government minimized the use of region errors as legitimacy to decentralization. The government should facilitated regional best practices in handling the pandemic. Thus, the pandemic can be handled more effectively. The consideration, the region had special needs which were not always accommodated in national policies. The government policy should be able to encourage the birth of regional innovations in handling the pandemic as a form of fulfilling human rights in the field of health. Innovation was useful in getting around the limitations and differences in the context of each region. In principle, decentralization required positive incentives, not penalties. Therefore, incentive-based central policies were more awaited in handling and minimizing the impact of the pandemic.    

scholarly journals Weathering Probation and Parole: The Protective Role of Social Support on Black Women’s Recent Stressful Events and Depressive Symptoms

2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (8) ◽  
pp. 661-688
Author(s):  
Marion L. D. Malcome ◽  
Gina Fedock ◽  
Rachel C. Garthe ◽  
Seana Golder ◽  
George Higgins ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Black Women ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Depression Symptoms ◽  
Women’S Mental Health ◽  
Criminal Justice Involvement ◽  
Women's Mental Health ◽  
Probation And Parole ◽  
The Impact

Despite an overrepresentation of Black women in the criminal justice system, Black women’s mental health at the precarious intersection of race, gender, and community-based correctional supervision has been underresearched. Building on weathering theory, this study conceptualized criminal justice involvement as a social inequality that negatively affects Black women’s mental health. This study investigated the relationships between recent stressors, forms of social support, and depression through moderated regression analyses with a sample of 169 Black women on probation and parole. Almost half of the women met criteria for clinical levels of depression. Distinct forms of social support served as statistically significant protective factors between stressors and depression symptoms. Our findings highlight the importance of studying the mental health of Black women under correctional surveillance and bolstering multiple forms of support to promote their well-being. The impact of criminal justice involvement and institutional racism on Black women’s mental health requires further research.

Examining the Impact of Prior Criminal Justice History on 2-Year Recidivism Rates: A Comparison of Drug Court Participants and Program Referrals

2016 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. 291-312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa M. Shannon ◽  
Afton Jackson Jones ◽  
Jennifer Newell ◽  
Connie Neal
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Drug Court ◽  
Comparison Group ◽  
Drug Courts ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Recidivism Rates ◽  
The Impact

Drug courts seek to break the cycle of substance use and crime by providing a community-based intervention to individuals with criminal justice involvement and substance-related issues. This study examined recidivism over a 2-year follow-up period as well as factors associated with recidivism for a sample of drug court participants (i.e., graduates and terminators) and a non-equivalent comparison group (i.e., individuals referred/assessed for the program who did not enter). In the 2-year follow-up window, fewer drug court graduates had any convictions compared with program terminators and referrals; specifically, fewer drug court graduates had drug trafficking convictions compared with program terminators and referrals. Fewer graduates were arrested and incarcerated in jail and/or prison in the 2-year follow-up; furthermore, graduates had spent less time incarcerated compared with program terminators and referrals. Demographics (i.e., age, race, marital status) and prior criminal justice system involvement were associated with recidivism; however, these factors had differential impacts for the three groups (i.e., graduates, terminators, and referrals). Drug court shows promise as a community-based intervention that helps keep individuals out of the criminal justice system during a 2-year follow-up period.

scholarly journals Keep Calm and ... Understand Cannibis: What Employers in the Energy Sector Want to Know About Legalized Cannabis in the Workplace

2018 ◽  
pp. 337
Author(s):  
Shana Wolch ◽  
Justine Lindner ◽  
Dan Demers ◽  
Ben Ratelband
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Drug Testing ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Energy Sector ◽  
Collective Agreement ◽  
Workplace Policies ◽  
Privacy Legislation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Workplace Drug Testing

With the recent legalization of recreational cannabis in Canada, employers, particularly those with safety sensitive operations, are forced to evaluate the impact that cannabis will have on their workplaces. This article argues that the law has not yet fully evolved with the advances in scientific understanding of the effects of cannabis or the advances in the technology for testing methodologies. The article explores the current legal framework for workplace drug testing and provides best practices regarding drug testing programs and related workplace policies. It cautions that unless carefully designed, these policies may be found to be contrary to human rights or privacy legislation, or, in the case of unionized employers, unreasonable and outside the scope of the collective agreement.

scholarly journals Creativity, Resilience and Resistance: Black Birthworkers’ Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Chinyere Oparah ◽  
Jennifer E. James ◽  
Destany Barnett ◽  
Linda Marie Jones ◽  
Daphina Melbourne ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Black Women ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Certified Nurse Midwives ◽  
Pregnancy And Childbirth ◽  
Lactation Consultants ◽  
Nurse Midwives ◽  
Uncertain Time ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Research Justice

This article documents the experiences of Black birthworkers supporting pregnant and birthing people and new mamas during the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Building on the methodology and outcomes of Battling Over Birth–a Research Justice project by and for Black women about their experiences of pregnancy and childbirth–the authors utilized a “community-based sheltered-in-place research methodology” to collect the narratives of Black birthworkers, including doulas, certified nurse-midwives (CNMs), homebirth midwives, lactation consultants, community health workers and ob/gyns. The article examines the impact of restrictions put in place by hospitals and clinics, including inadequate or inconsistent care, mandatory testing, separation from newborns, and restrictions on attendance by birth support people, including doulas. Birthworkers shared the innovative approaches that they have devised to continue to offer care and the ways that they have expanded the care they offer to make sure the needs of Black birthing people and new parents are being met during this uncertain time. The article also explores the threats to health, safety, and financial security faced by Black birthworkers as a result of the pandemic, and the overt and subtle forms of racism they had to navigate. Finally, it documents the sources of strength that Black birthworkers have found to sustain them at the frontlines of a maternal health care system in crisis.

scholarly journals Cultural Rights as Human Rights and the Impact on the Expression of Arts Practices

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-30
Author(s):  
Josephine Caust
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Equity ◽  
Rapid Rate ◽  
Human Right ◽  
Cultural Rights ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Impact ◽  
National Framework

Cultural rights are becoming an increasingly important area of human rights discussion given the association between culture, identity and social equity. The subject is considered here in the context of how the absence of cultural rights influences both the recognition of the diversity of cultures and the capacity of some to access and practice art. Culture and arts practices are intertwined but certain arts practices are prioritised over others by funding bodies, governments and institutions. Recent examples from Australia are highlighted, in which changes to the cultural makeup of the country are occurring at a rapid rate without adequate responses from governments to address funding inequities. It is argued here that unless cultural rights are seen as a basic human right and embedded in the legal national framework, then sectors of the broader community are disenfranchised.

scholarly journals Cultural Rights as Human Rights and the Impact on the Expression of Arts Practices

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-30
Author(s):  
Josephine Caust
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Equity ◽  
Rapid Rate ◽  
Human Right ◽  
Cultural Rights ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Impact ◽  
National Framework

AbstractCultural rights are becoming an increasingly important area of human rights discussion given the association between culture, identity and social equity. The subject is considered here in the context of how the absence of cultural rights influences both the recognition of the diversity of cultures and the capacity of some to access and practice art. Culture and arts practices are intertwined but certain arts practices are prioritised over others by funding bodies, governments and institutions. Recent examples from Australia are highlighted, in which changes to the cultural makeup of the country are occurring at a rapid rate without adequate responses from governments to address funding inequities. It is argued here that unless cultural rights are seen as a basic human right and embedded in the legal national framework, then sectors of the broader community are disenfranchised.

11. The rule against hearsay II

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Glover
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Cases ◽  
European Court ◽  
Civil Proceedings ◽  
Human Rights Act ◽  
Human Rights Act 1998 ◽  
Decisive Evidence ◽  
Hearsay Evidence ◽  
The Impact

This chapter discusses the statutory exceptions to the inadmissibility of hearsay evidence in criminal cases that were created by the Criminal Justice Act 2003. The impact of the Human Rights Act 1998 on the admissibility of hearsay evidence is discussed, including the important cases of Horncastle and Al-Khawaja and Tahery v United Kingdom, where the Supreme Court and the European Court of Human Rights came into conflict over whether an accused may be convicted where the ‘sole and decisive’ evidence against him is hearsay. The common law exceptions preserved by the Criminal Justice Act 2003 are then considered—res gestae. The chapter ends with discussion of the abolition of hearsay in civil proceedings by the Civil Evidence Act 1995.

The Sociology of Punishment and the Effects of Imprisonment on Families

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Condry ◽  
Peter Scharff Smith
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Social Inequality ◽  
Policy Measures ◽  
Sociology Of Punishment ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Criminology And Criminal Justice

This chapter considers the impact of criminal justice and particularly prison upon the families of offenders and the ways in which they are drawn into the realm of punishment. It explores how imprisonment creates, reproduces, and reinforces patterns of social inequality. The chapter shows how prisoners’ families occupy an odd position of an increasing visibility in the academic realm. Much earlier work on prisoners’ families was concerned with identifying the difficulties they faced and how this might be addressed through policy measures. In more recent years, however, studies have begun to explore deeper theoretical, legal, and sociological questions which have important implications for criminology and criminal justice, the sociology of punishment, human rights, and the broader study of social justice.

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