RT Article T1 Inequality and punishment: the idiosyncrasies of the political economy of punishment JF Tracing the relationship between inequality, crime, and punishment SP 22 OP 40 A1 Karstedt, Susanne 1949- LA English YR 2020 UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1879516950 AB Prisons across the globe are manifestations of inequality. In any society, its most marginalised groups are overrepresented in prisons and all institutions of criminal justice. Notwithstanding this universal condition of contemporary criminal justice, the link between social inequality and inequality of punishment has been found to be tenuous and elusive. This contribution addresses the question how socio-economic inequality shapes the manifestations of punishment for a global sample of countries. As socio-economic inequality and criminal punishment are both multi-faceted concepts, several indicators are used for each. The findings confirm the highly contextual nature of the link between inequality and criminal punishment; they suggest a variegated impact of political economies, and a multiplicity of mechanisms that link inequality and criminal punishment across the globe. SN 9780197266922 K1 Imprisonment rates K1 Prison conditions K1 human rights violations K1 Socio-economic inequality K1 Political Power K1 OECD countries K1 Global regions K1 Political Economy K1 Penal Populism K1 Middle classes DO 10.5871/bacad/9780197266922.003.0002