A recent Labor Department memo urges agencies to avoid releasing press releases accusing companies of violating laws, to protect the companies’ reputations. People are denied the same protections.
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Politicians’ knee jerk dismissal of an idea that could help rehabilitate ex-offenders is
unhelpful.
Children in care have been treated as criminals, despite doing nothing wrong - and they need compensation beyond an apology.
The US is facing a silent crisis on prison probation, and the UK is following its lead.
Every year thousands of new laws are introduced. Some of these are well publicised and debated, such as the recent changes to the rules on pornography, but others slip under the radar. Many are quite important…
Almost two years ago, The Conversation published an article, “Wiping the slate clean: historic convictions for gay sex must be expunged”. The article discussed the British government’s moves to remove…
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Director, Kath McFarlane Consulting & Adjunct Associate Professor, The Kirby Institute, UNSW
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Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice, Rutgers University - Newark
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