Rethinking punishment: challenging conventions in research and policy

Introduction -- Justifying punishment : a moral & economic defense of policy -- Defining punishment : the essential attributes of penal activity -- Measuring punishment : the scope & severity of penal activity -- Evaluating punishment : "what works" and the pursuit of effectiveness...

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Main Author: Lucken, Karol (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: London New York Routledge 2017
In:Year: 2017
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Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: KB 9 E 2823
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Keywords:
Punishment > History > United States
Prisons > History > United States
USA > Strafe > Strafvollzug > Reform
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Summary:Introduction -- Justifying punishment : a moral & economic defense of policy -- Defining punishment : the essential attributes of penal activity -- Measuring punishment : the scope & severity of penal activity -- Evaluating punishment : "what works" and the pursuit of effectiveness -- Prescribing punishment : alternative directions in research & policy --
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:viii, 165, Diagramme, 24 cm
ISBN:978-1-138-89119-7
978-1-138-89120-3