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The New Punitiveness (Hardcover)
John Pratt, David Brown, Mark Brown, Simon Hallsworth, Wayne Morrison
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R3,265
Discovery Miles 32 650
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Throughout much of the western world more and more people are being
sent to prison, one of a number of changes inspired by a 'new
punitiveness' in penal and political affairs. This book seeks to
understand these developments, bringing together leading
authorities in the field to provide a wide-ranging analysis of new
penal trends, compare the development of differing patterns of
punishment across different types of societies, and to provide a
range of theoretical analyses and commentaries to help understand
their significance. As well as increases in imprisonment this book
is also concerned to address a number of other aspects of 'the new
punitiveness': firstly, the return of a number of forms of
punishment previously thought extinct or inappropriate, such as the
return of shaming punishments and chain gangs (in parts of the
USA); and secondly, the increasing public involvement in penal
affairs and penal development, for example in relation to length of
sentences and the California Three Strikes Law, and a growing
accreditation of the rights of victims. The book will be essential
reading for students seeking to understand trends and theories of
punishment on law, criminology, penology and other courses.
What are the various forces influencing the role of the prison in
late modern societies? What changes have there been in penality and
use of the prison over the past 40 years that have led to the
re-valorization of the prison? Using penal culture as a conceptual
and theoretical vehicle, and Australia as a case study, this book
analyses international developments in penality and imprisonment.
Authored by some of Australia's leading penal theorists, the book
examines the historical and contemporary influences on the use of
the prison, with analyses of colonialism, post colonialism, race,
and what they term the 'penal/colonial complex,' in the
construction of imprisonment rates and on the development of the
phenomenon of hyperincarceration. The authors develop penal culture
as an explanatory framework for continuity, change and difference
in prisons and the nature of contested penal expansionism. The
influence of transformative concepts such as 'risk management',
'the therapeutic prison', and 'preventative detention' are explored
as aspects of penal culture. Processes of normalization,
transmission and reproduction of penal culture are seen throughout
the social realm. Comparative, contemporary and historical in its
approach, the book provides a new analysis of penality in the 21st
century.
What are the various forces influencing the role of the prison in
late modern societies? What changes have there been in penality and
use of the prison over the past 40 years that have led to the
re-valorization of the prison? Using penal culture as a conceptual
and theoretical vehicle, and Australia as a case study, this book
analyses international developments in penality and imprisonment.
Authored by some of Australia's leading penal theorists, the book
examines the historical and contemporary influences on the use of
the prison, with analyses of colonialism, post colonialism, race,
and what they term the 'penal/colonial complex,' in the
construction of imprisonment rates and on the development of the
phenomenon of hyperincarceration. The authors develop penal culture
as an explanatory framework for continuity, change and difference
in prisons and the nature of contested penal expansionism. The
influence of transformative concepts such as 'risk management',
'the therapeutic prison', and 'preventative detention' are explored
as aspects of penal culture. Processes of normalization,
transmission and reproduction of penal culture are seen throughout
the social realm. Comparative, contemporary and historical in its
approach, the book provides a new analysis of penality in the 21st
century.
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The New Punitiveness (Paperback)
John Pratt, David Brown, Mark Brown, Simon Hallsworth, Wayne Morrison
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R1,249
Discovery Miles 12 490
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Throughout much of the western world more and more people are being
sent to prison, one of a number of changes inspired by a 'new
punitiveness' in penal and political affairs. This book seeks to
understand these developments, bringing together leading
authorities in the field to provide a wide-ranging analysis of new
penal trends, compare the development of differing patterns of
punishment across different types of societies, and to provide a
range of theoretical analyses and commentaries to help understand
their significance. As well as increases in imprisonment this book
is also concerned to address a number of other aspects of 'the new
punitiveness': firstly, the return of a number of forms of
punishment previously thought extinct or inappropriate, such as the
return of shaming punishments and chain gangs (in parts of the
USA); and secondly, the increasing public involvement in penal
affairs and penal development, for example in relation to length of
sentences and the California Three Strikes Law, and a growing
accreditation of the rights of victims. The book will be essential
reading for students seeking to understand trends and theories of
punishment on law, criminology, penology and other courses.
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