RT Article
T1 Playing the "Treasury Card" to Contest Prison Expansion: Lessons from a Public Criminology Campaign
JF Social justice
VO 41
IS 3
SP 145
OP 167
A1 Piché, Justin
LA English
YR 2014
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1747155357
AB The article discusses the tightening of penal policies in Canada due to measures introduced by the Conservative Party since 2006. Topics include the political rhetoric surrounding the debate on punishment and crime; the economic cost of prison expansions and higher minimum sentencing requirements; and the author's reflection on his anti-prison expansion political campaign and use of the "treasury card" tactic which emphasizes the economic costs of prison expansion and subsequent cuts to public services.
K1 Conservative Party of Canada (2003- )
K1 Economics
K1 Political campaigns
K1 Mandatory minimum sentences
K1 Criminal codes
K1 Criminal Law
K1 Prisons
K1 Correctional institutions