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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pratt, John.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminal justice, Administration of.

Punishment.

Prisons.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (346 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cullompton, Devon ; Portland, Or. : Willan Pub., 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-134-01862-2

1-134-01855-X

1-282-23781-0

9786612237812

1-84392-643-1

9781843926436

OCLC:

609842331