Whither neoliberal penality? The past, present and future of imprisonment in the US

Debates about the trajectory of prison rates in the US, on one hand, and about the prospects of the neoliberal international order, on the other hand, suggest the time is ripe for a reappraisal of penological scholarship on the relationship between neoliberalism and imprisonment. With the aim of res...

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Authors: Xenakis, Sappho (Author) ; Cheliotis, Leonidas 1977- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2019
In: Punishment & society
Year: 2019, Volume: 21, Issue: 2, Pages: 187-206
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