The new punitiveness: trends, theories, perspectives

Throughout much of the western world more and more people are being sent to prison, one of a number of changes inspired by a 'new punitiveness' in penal and political affairs. This book seeks to understand these developments, bringing together leading authorities in the field to provide a...

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Otros Autores: Pratt, John 1949- (Otro)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Cullompton, Devon Portland, Or Willan Pub 2005
En:Año: 2005
Acceso en línea: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Sumario:Throughout much of the western world more and more people are being sent to prison, one of a number of changes inspired by a 'new punitiveness' in penal and political affairs. This book seeks to understand these developments, bringing together leading authorities in the field to provide a wide-ranging analysis of new penal trends, compare the development of differing patterns of punishment across different types of societies, and to provide a range of theoretical analyses and commentaries to help understand their significance. As well as increases in imprisonment this book is also concerned to address a number of other aspects of 'the new punitiveness': firstly, the return of a number of forms of punishment previously thought extinct or inappropriate, such as the return of shaming punishments and chain gangs (in parts of the USA); and secondly, the increasing public involvement in penal affairs and penal development, for example in relation to length of sentences and the California Three Strikes Law, and a growing accreditation of the rights of victims. The book will be essential reading for students seeking to understand trends and theories of punishment on law, criminology, penology and other courses. The book will be essential reading for students seeking to understand trends and theories of punishment on law, criminology, penology and other courses. explains ‘the new punitiveness’ comparative approach includes an analysis of non-punitive societies
pt. 1.Punitive trends --1.The great penal leap backward : incarceration in America from Nixon to Clinton /Loic Wacquant --2.Continuity, rupture, or just more of the 'volatile and contradictory'? : glimpses of New South Wales' penal practice behind and through the discursive /David Brown --3.Crime control in Western countries, 1970 to 2000 /Lyn Hinds --4.Supermax meets death row : legal struggles around the new punitiveness in the US /Mona Lynch --5.The liberal veil : revisiting Canadian penalty /Dawn Moore and Kelly Hannah-Moffat --6.Contemporary statecraft and the 'punitive obsession' : a critique of the new penology /Roy Coleman and Joe Sim --pt. 2.Globalization, technology, and surveillance.
Notas:Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record
Descripción Física:Online Ressource (xxvi, 319 pages)
ISBN:9781843926436
1843926431
9781134018550
113401855X