Criminal justice and political cultures : national and international dimensions of crime control / / edited by Tim Newburn and Richard Sparks

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910454095003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cullompton, Devon, U.K. ; ; Portland, Or. : , : Willan Pub., , 2004
• ISBN: 1-135-99055-7; 1-281-33162-7; 9786611331627; 1-84392-439-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (289 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): NewburnTim; SparksRichard <1961->
• Disciplina: 363.23
• Soggetti: Crime prevention; Crime - Government policy; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Criminal Justice and Political Cultures National and international dimensions of crime control; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Notes on contributors; Chapter 1 Criminal Justice and Political Cultures; Introduction; 'Policy transfer' and 'lesson drawing'; Some problems of comparative criminology; The importance of politics and political culture; Concluding comments; Chapter 2 Durkheim, Tarde and Beyond: The Global Travel of Crime Policies; Travelling institutions; What travels with crime policies?; Conceptualising the movement of crime policies; Actors, mechanisms and principles; Future roads for crime policiesChapter 3 Globalising Risk? Distinguishing Styles of 'Neoliberal' Criminal Justice in Australia and the USA; Actuarial justice in the USA; Actuarial justice and the politics of exclusion; Actuarial justice in Australia; The war on drugs and harm minimisation; Risk and the politics of inclusion and exclusion; Conclusions; Chapter 4 Policing, Securitisation and Democratisation in Europe; The field of European policing; Cultures of post/national ; policing: mapping the securitisation of Europe; Questions of postnational democracy: the future governance of European policingChapter 5 The Cultural Embeddedness of Social Control: Reflections on a Comparison of Italian and North American Cultures concerning Punishment; The embeddedness of crime and punishment; Democracy, the Protestant ethic and punishment; 'Scandal of indulgences' in Rome; Is religious tradition the explanation for the different propensity to punish?; Chapter 6 Controlling Measures: The Repackaging of Common-sense Opposition to Women's Imprisonment in England and Canada; Introduction; The Canadian experience; The logic of carceral clawbackCommon sense, theory and official discourse; How theoretical critique empowered contemporary official discourse on women's prisons in England; Conclusion; Chapter 7 The Convergence of US and UK Crime Control Policy: Exploring Substance and Process; Introduction; Explaining penal policy convergence; Policy dimensions; The symbol and substance of policy; The process of policy convergence; Conclusion; Chapter 8 Youth Justice: Globalisation and Multi-modal Governance; From welfare to neoliberal governance?; Policy transfers; International conventions; National cultures and legislative sovereigntyLocal sensibilities and resistances; Conclusion; Chapter 9 Importing Criminological Ideas in a New Democracy: Recent South African Experiences; Introduction; Police and policing; Prisons; The judiciary; Child justice; Conclusion; Chapter 10 Policy Transfer in Local Crime Control: Beyond Naïve Emulation; Introduction; Local politics of crime control; American borrowings: intervening at the local level; Sovereignty, power dependence and governance from below; New Labour: strengthening policy implementation from the centre; Governmental savoir; Conclusion: reconceptualising the contexts of government
• Sommario/riassunto: As crime increasingly crosses national boundaries, and international co-operation takes firmer shape, so the development of ideas and policy on the control of crime has become an increasingly international and transnational affair. These developments call attention not just to the many points of convergence in the languages and practices of crime control but also to their persistent differences. This book is concerned both with the very specific issue of 'policy transfer' within the crime control arena, and with the issues raised by a more broadly conceptualized idea of comparative p

The words of others : from quotations to culture / / Gary Saul Morson

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910961047703321
• Autore: Morson Gary Saul <1948->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2011
• ISBN: 9786613150608; 9781283150606; 1283150603; 9780300171747; 0300171749
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (353 p.)
• Disciplina: 080.9
• Soggetti: Quotations - History and criticism; Quotation in literature; Epitaphs - History and criticism
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Verbal gems and treasuries -- The market for quotations -- What is an anthology? -- Quotationality and former quotations -- The nature of quotations -- What is a quotation? -- Making a quotation -- What is a misquotation? -- More than words alone -- Mis-misquotations -- How and where quotations live -- Quotations of occasion -- Famous last words -- Epitaphs -- Literary composition and decomposition -- The anthology as literature -- Whole and part.
• Sommario/riassunto: In this lively gambol through the history of "ations and "ation books, Gary Saul Morson traces our enduring fascination with the words of others. Ranging from the remote past to the present, he explores the formation, development, and significance of "ations, while exploring the "verbal museums" in which they have been collected and displayed--commonplace books, treasuries, and anthologies. In his trademark clear, witty, and provocative style, Morson invites readers to share his delight in the shortest literary genre.The author defines what makes a "e "able, as well as the (unexpected) differences between "ation and mis"ation. He describes how "ations form, transform, and may eventually become idioms. How much of language itself is the residue ; of former "ations? Weaving in hundreds of intriguing "ations, common and unusual, Morson explores how the words of others constitute essential elements in the formation of a culture and of the self within that culture. In so doing, he provides a demonstration of that very process, captured in the pages of this extraordinary new book.