Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > Penology & punishment
|
Buy Now
The Politics of Punishment - A Comparative Study of Imprisonment and Political Culture (Paperback)
Loot Price: R1,154
Discovery Miles 11 540
|
|
The Politics of Punishment - A Comparative Study of Imprisonment and Political Culture (Paperback)
Series: New Advances in Crime and Social Harm
Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days
|
Prisons are everywhere. Yet they are not everywhere alike. How can
we explain the differences in cross-national uses of incarceration?
The Politics of Punishment explores this question by undertaking a
comparative sociological analysis of penal politics and
imprisonment in Ireland and Scotland. Using archives and oral
history, this book shows that divergences in the uses of
imprisonment result from the distinctive features of a nation's
political culture: the different political ideas, cultural values
and social anxieties that shape prison policymaking. Political
culture thus connects large-scale social phenomena to actual
carceral outcomes, illuminating the forces that support and
perpetuate cross-national penal differences. The work therefore
offers a new framework for the comparative study of penality. This
is also an important work of sociology and history. By closely
tracking how and why the politics of punishment evolved and adapted
over time, we also yield rich and compelling new accounts of both
Irish and Scottish penal cultures from 1970 to the 1990s. The
Politics of Punishment will be essential reading for students and
academics interested in the sociology of punishment, comparative
penology, criminology, penal policymaking, law and social history.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.