Realistic Utopianism and Alternatives to Imprisonment:The ideology of crime and the utopia of harm

Although the harms and inadequacies of the criminal justice and penal systems are well-documented, the contemporary impulse is largely one born in critique.Currently, it seems that as critical scholars, activists, and citizens, we are far better at deconstruction than positive construction of meanin...

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Main Author: Copson, Lynne (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: 2016
In:Year: 2016
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