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The New Punitiveness : Trends, Theories, Perspective.
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Uffculme :
Willan Pub.,
2005.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Prelims; Copyright page; Contents; Notes on the editors and contributors; Introduction; Part One: Punitive Trends; Chapter 1 The great penal leap backward: Incarceration in America from Nixon to Clinton; Chapter 2 Continuity, rupture, or just more of the 'volatile and contradictory'?; Chapter 3 Crime control in Western countries, 1970- 2000; Chapter 4 Supermax meets death row; Chapter 5 The liberal veil: revisiting Canadian penality; Chapter 6 Contemporary statecraft and the 'punitive obsession': a critique of the new penology thesis.
- Part Two: Globalization, Technology, and SurveillanceChapter 7 Gloablization and the new punitiveness; Chapter 8 Engaging with punitive attitudes towards crime and punishment; Chapter 9 The ad and the form: punitiveness and technology culture; Chapter 10 Electronic monitoring, satellite tracking and the new punitiveness in England and Wales; Part Three: Non-punitive Societies; Chapter 11 Levels of punitiveness in Scandinavia; Chapter 12 Missing the punitive t.