Penal culture and hyperincarceration : the revival of the prison /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cunneen, Chris, 1953-
Other Authors: Baldry, Eileen, Brown, David, 1948-, Schwartz, Melanie, Steel, Alex, Brown, Mark, 1965-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Farnham, Surrey : Ashgate, [2013]
Series:Advances in criminology.
Subjects:
Prisons.
Prisons > Australia.
Corrections.
Corrections > Australia.
Criminal justice, Administration of.
Criminal justice, Administration of > Australia.
Prisons
Prisons > Australie.
Services correctionnels.
Services correctionnels > Australie.
Justice pénale > Administration > Australie.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Penology.
Corrections
Criminal justice, Administration of
Australia
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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