The new punitiveness : trends, theories, perspectives / / edited by John Pratt. [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: Cullompton, Devon, U.K. ; ; Portland, Or. : , : Willan Pub., , 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (346 p.)
• Disciplina: 364.6
• Soggetto topico: Criminal justice, Administration of; Punishment; Prisons; Criminalit - Politique gouvernementale; Emprisonnement; Peines - Aspect social; Justice pénale - Administration
• Altri autori: PrattJohn <1949->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The new punitiveness
• ISBN: 1-134-01862-2; 1-134-01855-X; 1-282-23781-0; 9786612237812; 1-84392-643-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814658003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II