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The crime and punishment debate / / edited by Justin Healey



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Titolo: The crime and punishment debate / / edited by Justin Healey Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Thirroul, N.S.W., : Spinney Press, 2011
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (60 pages) : colour illustrations
Disciplina: 364
Soggetto topico: Crime - Australia
Imprisonment - Australia
Punishment in crime deterrence - Australia
Altri autori: HealeyJustin  
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Chapter 1. Crime and imprisonment rates -- Chapter 2. Crime and punishment debate.
Sommario/riassunto: The aim of imprisonment is to prevent crime and enhance community safety by removing offenders from the public sphere and deterring potential offenders, as well as meeting society’s need for reparation and retribution for crimes committed. However, while a period of imprisonment may deter some people from re-offending, it can also foster in others further criminal behaviour. Since 1989, the imprisonment rate has increased by around two-thirds; currently almost 40 per cent of Australian prisoners released after serving their sentence return to jail within two years. This book examines crime and incarceration in Australia – does it work as deterrent or rehabilitation – or is it simply ineffective retribution? A range of opinions are presented, which canvas a number of justice issues including harsher sentencing and longer jail terms, overcrowding in prisons, tough-on-crime policies, public perceptions of crime and safety, indigenous over-representation, intervention programs and prison reforms. Does being tough on crime pay?
Titolo autorizzato: The crime and punishment debate  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 9781921507496
1921507497
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910818477003321
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Serie: Issues in society (Balmain, N.S.W.) ; ; v. 328.