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The Review Power of the Chinese Supreme People’s Court on Death Sentences

2008

The Chapter illustrates the history, philosophical background, and current law and practice regarding the death penalty in China, following the legal reform on this matter.

Settore IUS/20 - Filosofia Del DirittoHuman Rights Death Penalty Legal Reform Chinese law and jurisprudence
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Conceptualising Violence in Close Relationships : Discrepancies Between Police Conceptions and the Letter of the Law in Finland

2020

AbstractThe focus in this Finland-based study is on violence in close relationships—a term that partly overlaps with the more commonly used ‘domestic violence’, ‘family violence’ and ‘intimate partner violence’. We demonstrate how police officers’ conceptualisations of such violence differ from how it is defined in relevant legal documents. The data consists of the Government Bill and legal text on the subject issued as part of a legal reform enacted in 2010, and of a qualitative sample of freelist responses from 79 police officers. We examined both sets of data using theory-driven directed content analysis and deriving from prevailing theoretical frameworks reflecting the family- and gende…

legal reformSosiologia - SociologyperheväkivaltakriminaalipolitiikkaSubject (philosophy)violence in close relationshipsCriminologycriminal policyDomestic violenceSosiaali- ja yhteiskuntapolitiikka - Social policyLegal definitionMuut yhteiskuntatieteet - Other social scienceskäsityksetpoliisit (ammatit)0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesSociologycriminal law0505 lawCONFLICTGovernmentLegal policieslainsäädäntödomestic violencepolice05 social sciencesmääritelmätlähisuhdeväkivaltaFamily violenceVICTIMPoliceViolence in close relationships5142 Social policyContent analysisClose relationshipLegal reform050501 criminologyCriminal lawDomestic violenceLawfamily violence050104 developmental & child psychology
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