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Petty Offenses, Major Consequences: Decoding the criminalization of poverty in Haiti
This report presents the findings of an empirical investigation into criminalization of poverty in Haiti. The research, conducted by the Center for research and exchange...
Themes: Courts Systems   |   Human Rights   |   Petty Offences   |   Pre-trial Detention   |   Prisons
Type: Report
Year: 2024
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Achieving gender equality and empowerment of women and girls through decriminalising petty offences
ICJ-Kenya: It has been eight years (8) since the adoption of a global call for Gender Equality and Empowerment- Sustainable Development Goals Agenda 2030. The...
Themes: Cost of Exclusion   |   Courts Systems   |   Fees and Fines   |   Human Rights   |   Petty Offences   |   Policing   |   #PoorNotGuilty   |   Pre-trial Detention   |   Use of Public Spaces
Type: Briefing/Factsheet/Summary
Year: 2024
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Criminalization of Homelessness in the Caribbean
Throughout the globe, governments use petty offenses, such as vagrancy and loitering laws, to exert social control over poor and marginalized communities. Moreover, people experiencing...
Themes: Human Rights   |   Petty Offences   |   #PoorNotGuilty   |   Use of Public Spaces
Type: Report
Year: 2024
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Uganda – Knowledge, attitudes and practices on pre-trial detention
ASF just published a report that explores the level of knowledge, the attitudes and practices of key stakeholders towards pre-trial detention under the criminal justice system in...
Themes: Courts Systems   |   Human Rights   |   Petty Offences   |   Pre-trial Detention   |   Prisons
Type: Guidelines   |   Report
Year: 2024
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Combatting poverty and decriminalizing homelessness through a race equity lens
The Commission on Homelessness and Poverty’s resource clearinghouse Poverty and homelessness in the United States are largely outgrowths of institutionalized racism. Inequity in housing, education,...
Themes: Alternatives to Criminalisation   |   Courts Systems   |   Fees and Fines   |   Human Rights   |   Petty Offences   |   Policing   |   #PoorNotGuilty   |   Prisons   |   Use of Public Spaces
Type: Briefing/Factsheet/Summary   |   Collections   |   Guidelines
Year: 2020
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Criminalizing Poverty: The Consequences of Court Fees in a Randomized Experiment
Abstract: Court-related fines and fees are widely levied on criminal defendants who are frequently poor and have little capacity to pay. Such financial obligations may...
Themes: Alternatives to Criminalisation   |   Courts Systems   |   Fees and Fines   |   Human Rights   |   Petty Offences   |   Policing   |   #PoorNotGuilty   |   Pre-trial Detention   |   Prisons
Type: Journal Article
Year: 2022