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Penal Abolitionism (Hardcover)
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Penal Abolitionism (Hardcover)
Series: Clarendon Studies in Criminology
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Abolitionism is not only a strategy or a set of demands, aimed at
the reduction (or suppression) of custody, it is also a
perspective, a philosophy, an approach which challenges
conventional definitions of crime. This book examines the origin,
philosophy and achievements of abolitionism and reviews the
literature on penal abolitionism from the 1960s to the 1980s.
By collecting and discussing the key abolitionist arguments, the
author critically analyzes the views expressed by its leading
proponents; Nils Christie, Louk Hulsman, Thomas Mathiesen and
Herman Bianchi, examining in particular how their views took shape,
their philosophical foundations, and the social and political
context of abolitionist ideas and perspectives. Policies, such as
the virtual abolition of custody for young offenders in Italy, are
presented and the area of informal justice is also addressed, with
an overview of mediation and compensation practices, and an
assessment of the degree of their effectiveness and desirability.
Through assessment of these achievements and experiments of
specific abolitionist ideas, the author attempts to identify the
legacy of abolitionism from a European perspective, while bringing
into focus more recent contributions concerning the study of
terrorism and war.
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