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Global perspectives on people, process, and practice in criminal justice / Liam James Leonard, [editor].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Leonard, Liam James, 1965- author.
- Series:
- Advances in criminology crime justice, and penology (ACCJP) book series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Criminal justice, Administration--Case studies.
- Criminal justice, Administration.
- Imprisonment--Case studies.
- Imprisonment.
- Prison administration--Case studies.
- Prison administration.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xx, 282 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Hershey : Information Science Reference, [2021]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- "This book features an international collection of chapters on criminal justice policy and processes, with a focus on incarceration and imprisonment and reflects on the differences and alternatives to imprisonment and incarceration policy in various parts of the world"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Section 1. Gender and justice: personal perspectives. Chapter 1. Deportation as deterrence?: social and legal predictors of remigration after deportation ; Chapter 2. Sanctuary?: a discussion on Latinx/a women and girls in a carceral state ; Chapter 3. Prisoner re-entry: one story of coming home ; Chapter 4. Carceral trauma at the intersections of race, class, and gender ; Chapter 5. The causes behind the cause: an explanatory analysis on transgender deviance in Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Section 2. Global approaches to justice and imprisonment. Chapter 6. Prisoner re-entry and desistance ; Chapter 7. Resisting the new punitiveness: penal policy in Denmark, Finland, and Norway and contrary trends in Ireland ; Chapter 8. How to reduce recidivism: lessons from the U.S. state of Arizona ; Chapter 9. Prison communities: an examination of work, life, and relationships in prison ; Chapter 10. Teaching prisoners' rights to prison officers to improve professional performance
- Section 3. Institutions: policy and practice. Chapter 11. Mob justice in contemporary Ghana ; Chapter 12. A holistic approach to transitional justice for Afghanistan ; Chapter 13. Foster children and deviance risks after emancipation ; Chapter 14. Restorative justice as an "informal" alternative to "formal" court processes.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781799866480
- OCLC:
- 1183399501
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