Rising punitivity in times of economic crisis?: assessing the relationship between the economic situation and the longing for harsher sanctioning

This paper analyses if the economic situation is related to punitivity, that is, if adverse of economic patterns go along with a longing for harsher sanctions in the population. Several scholars have postulated that increased economic insecurities and anxieties may lead to the preference for harsher...

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Main Author: Hanslmaier, Michael 1983- (Author)
Contributors: Baier, Dirk 1976-
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2016
In: International journal of comparative and applied criminal justice
Year: 2016, Volume: 40, Issue: 4, Pages: 293-306
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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