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UNINA9910814658003321 |
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Titolo |
The new punitiveness : trends, theories, perspectives / / edited by John Pratt. [et al.] |
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Cullompton, Devon, U.K. ; ; Portland, Or. : , : Willan Pub., , 2005 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-01862-2 |
1-134-01855-X |
1-282-23781-0 |
9786612237812 |
1-84392-643-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (346 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Criminal justice, Administration of |
Punishment |
Prisons |
Criminalit - Politique gouvernementale |
Emprisonnement |
Peines - Aspect social |
Justice peĢnale - Administration |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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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 turn? Canadian criminal justice, 'balance', and penal modernisim; Chapter 13 When is society non-punitive? The Italian case |
Part Four: ExplanationsChapter 14 Modernity and the punitive; Chapter 15 Elias, punishment and devcivilization; Chapter 16 Liberal exclusions and the new punitiveness; Chapter 17 Rethinking narratives of penal change in global context; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 co |
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