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Titolo: | 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.: | 9910778081703321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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