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Prison reform and torture prevention under ‘compromised circumstances’ Open

Andrew M. Jefferson · 2022

In this article, drawing on two decades studying prisons and prison reform practices in (mostly) southern countries undergoing transition, I examine the challenges facing anti-torture professionals and prison reformers working in the globa…

Introduction to Gender, Criminalization, Imprisonment and Human Rights in Southeast Asia Open

Samantha Jeffries, Andrew M. Jefferson · 2022

In this introductory chapter, we discuss the impetus for this edited book. We introduce activist, critical and feminist criminological theorizing and research on gender, intersectionality, criminalization, and carceral experiences. The sce…

Prelims Open

Deborah H. Drake, Andrew M. Jefferson, Samantha Jeffries · 2022

Citation (2022), "Prelims", Jefferson, A.M. and Jeffries, S. (Ed.) Gender, Criminalization, Imprisonment and Human Rights in Southeast Asia (Emerald Studies in Activist Criminology), Emerald Publishing Limited, Bingley, pp. i-xviii. https:…

Conclusion: Decentering Research and Practice Through Mutual Participation Open

Andrew M. Jefferson, Samantha Jeffries · 2022

The chapters in this book show that it is possible to conduct studies on the intersections between gender, criminalization, imprisonment, and human rights in Southeast Asia. In this conclusion, we draw out the implications of this emerging…

Embracing lessons from ethnography in non-Western prisons Open

Andrew M. Jefferson · 2021

Book Forum Open

Lotte Buch Segal, Emilija Zabiliūtė, Marco Motta, Resto Cruz, Andrew M. Jefferson , et al. · 2021

Working with Veena Das’s Textures of the Ordinary: Anthropology after Wittgenstein By Lotte Buch Segal Repairing the World: Ordinary Ethics and the Shadows of Moralism By Emilija Zabiliūtė The Text’s Texture By Marco Motta The Residues of …

Sensory Penalities: Exploring the Senses in Spaces of Punishment and Social Control Open

Yvonne Jewkes, Travis Linnemann, Sarah Moore, Kate Herrity, Bethany E. Schmidt , et al. · 2021

Sensory Penalities reflects an explosion in explorations of the sensory and disrupts conventional expectations of both form and focus by expanding anthropological practices and craft into the field of criminology and criminological researc…

Amplified Vulnerabilities and Reconfigured Relations: COVID-19, Torture Prevention and Human Rights in the Global South Open

Andrew M. Jefferson, Giorgio Caracciolo, Jeanette Kørner, Nina Nordberg · 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has reconfigured personal, organisational and political landscapes in quite radical ways. This paper reflects on the differentiated impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and responses to it. We unpack some of the effects of…

Danielle Celermajer, <i>The Prevention of Torture: An Ecological Approach</i> Open

Ergün Cakal, Andrew M. Jefferson, Tomas Max Martin · 2020

Connecting and Disconnection Open

Andrew M. Jefferson, Tomas Max Martin · 2020

Drawing on a case study carried out in Myanmar, this article elaborates on the concept of connectivity as a rich and critical articulation of the way prisoners and their relatives develop and sustain relationships during incarceration. The…

Introduction Open

Julienne Weegels, Andrew M. Jefferson, Tomas Max Martin · 2020

Recognizing that the ‘prison’ and the ‘street’ are increasingly understood to be enmeshed sites of exclusion and confinement, this introduction proposes an analytical orientation towards relations and practices across these sites, which at…

Introduction: On Stuckness and Sites of Confinement Open

Andrew M. Jefferson, Simon Turner, Steffen Jensen · 2018

This Introduction to the special issue develops a theoretical argument around the interrelations of space and time in sites of confinement by exploring the relationships between ghettos, camps, places of detention, prisons and the like wit…

MÆRKET AF FÆNGSLET – FØLELSERS ROLLE I ETNOGRAFISK FÆNGSELSFORSKNING Open

Liv S. Gaborit, Andrew M. Jefferson · 2015

Prisons inevitably leave their mark on all who pass through their gates. In this article two psychologists reflect on how prisons left their mark during our ethnographic fieldwork in developing countries. Via reflection on our own experien…

MÆRKET AF FÆNGSLET – FØLELSERS ROLLE I ETNOGRAFISK FÆNGSELSFORSKNING Open

Liv S. Gaborit, Andrew M. Jefferson · 2015

Prisons inevitably leave their mark on all who pass through their gates. In this article two psychologists reflect on how prisons left their mark during our ethnographic fieldwork in developing countries. Via reflection on our own experien…

Cellvival Outcomes:The Effects Of An Educational Video Game On Students’ Understanding And Motivation Open

Andrew M. Jefferson · 2015

There is a sizable and consistent literature theorizing how to design games to be educationally effective but there is currently conflicting empirical evidence on the benefits of educational games, even games designed based on these theori…

About the Authors Open

Roy V. H. Pollock, Andrew M. Jefferson, Calhoun W. Wick · 2015

Name Index Open

Roy V. H. Pollock, Andrew M. Jefferson, Calhoun W. Wick · 2015

Subject Index Open

Roy V. H. Pollock, Andrew M. Jefferson, Calhoun W. Wick · 2015

Human Rights in Prisons: Comparing Institutional Encounters in Kosovo, Sierra Leone and the Philippines Open

Andrew M. Jefferson, Liv S. Gaborit · 2015

Drawing on participatory action research conducted in Sierra Leone, Kosovo and the Philippines, Human Rights in Prisons analyses encounters between rights-based non-governmental organisations and prisons. It explores the previously under-r…

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