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Rethinking Punishment - Challenging Conventions in Research and Policy (Paperback)
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Rethinking Punishment - Challenging Conventions in Research and Policy (Paperback)
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There are visible signs that the "get-tough" era of punishment is
finally winding down. A "get-smart" agenda has emerged that aims to
reduce costs and crime by reducing the incarceration of non-violent
drug offenders, expanding use of community-based corrections,
revising sentencing structures, and supporting offender re-entry
into the community. This change in policy affords an opportunity to
re-examine and challenge certain other conventions in the study and
practice of punishment. Each chapter of Rethinking Punishment
examines a convention and posits arguments that challenge that
convention and expand the conversation. These arguments are based
on the prior literature, existing and original data, and historical
documents. These conventions and arguments for rethinking
punishment are framed accordingly: Justifying Penal Policy Defining
the Attributes of Punishment Measuring the Scope and Severity of
Punishment Evaluating Effectiveness in Punishment Finally, the
author provides specific recommendations for research and policy
based on these original arguments. Drawing on underlying
philosophical, empirical and political issues and offering a
critical discussion of the relationship between research, policy
and practice, this book makes compelling and instructive reading
for students taking courses in criminal justice, corrections,
philosophy of punishment, the sociology of punishment, and law and
justice.
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