Penal culture and hyperincarceration [[electronic resource] ] : the revival of the prison / / Chris Cunneen ... [et al.]

• Autore: Cunneen Chris <1953->
• Pubblicazione: Farnham, Surrey, : Ashgate, 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (255 p.)
• Disciplina: 365
• Soggetto topico: Prisons; Prisons - Australia; Corrections; Corrections - Australia; Criminal justice, Administration of; Criminal justice, Administration of - Australia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: What are the various forces influencing the role of the prison in late modern societies? What changes have there been in penality and use of the prison over the past 40 years that have led to the re-valorization 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 use of the prison, with analyses of colonialism, post colonialism, race, and
• Titolo autorizzato: Penal culture and hyperincarceration
• ISBN: 1-317-08266-4; 1-315-59989-9; 1-317-08265-6; 1-4094-4730-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910787686803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Advances in Criminology