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Sentencing in the Age of Information - From Faust to Macintosh (Hardcover)
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Sentencing in the Age of Information - From Faust to Macintosh (Hardcover)
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How does the fact that we live in information societies reflect on
the nature of penal discourse and practice? Applying media and
communication studies to sentencing and penal culture, Kate Franko
Aas offers a lucid and innovative account of how punishment is
adjusting to a new cultural climate marked by growing demands for
information processing, transparency and accountability. This
significant book explores a number of recent penal developments,
such as risk assessment instruments, sentencing guidelines and
computerized sentencing information systems, and argues that they
are instruments of justice with so-called Macintosh traits,
offering pre-programmed answers and solutions. Franko Aas touches
upon issues of decision-making at-a-distance, the exercise of
discretion, databases, disembodiment and the changing nature of
subjectivity. She explores information technology as a cultural
environment with profound implications for the nature of penal
knowledge, governance and identity constitution. Sentencing in the
Age of Information is essential reading for scholars and students
interested in sentencing, penal culture, criminology, sociology of
law and media and communication studies. Joint winner of the 2006
Hart/Socio-Legal Studies Association Book Prize.
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