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Penal culture and hyperincarceration : the revival of the prison /

Using penal culture as a conceptual and theoretical vehicle, and Australia as a case study, this book analyses international developments in penality and imprisonment. Authored by some of Australia's leading penal theorists, the book examines the historical and contemporary influences on the us...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cunneen, Chris, 1953-
Otros Autores: Baldry, Eileen, Brown, David, 1948-, Schwartz, Melanie, Steel, Alex, Brown, Mark, 1965-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Farnham, Surrey : Ashgate, [2013]
Colección:Advances in criminology.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Penal culture: the meaning of imprisonment
  • Global convictism and the postcolonial
  • Parliaments, courts and imprisonment rates
  • Correctional paradigms: the rise of risk
  • Suitable enemies: penal subjects
  • Reinvigorating the prison: new perspectives on containment
  • Penal culture: transmission, normalisation and reproduction
  • Winding back mass imprisonment?
  • Manifestations of contemporary penal culture.