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This book examines our contemporary preoccupation with risk and how
criminal law and punishment have been transformed as a result of
these anxieties. It adopts an historical approach to examine the
development of risk control measures used across the US, UK, New
Zealand, Australia and Canada - particularly since the 1980's -
with the rise of the "security sanction". It also takes a
criminological and sociological approach to analysing shifts in
criminal law and punishment and its implications for contemporary
society and criminal justice systems. Law, Insecurity and Risk
Control analyses the range and scope of the 'security sanction' and
its immobilizing measures, ranging from control over minor
incivilities to the most serious crimes. Despite these innovations,
though, it argues that our anxieties about risk have become so
extensive that the "security sanction" is no longer sufficient to
provide social stability and cohesion. As a consequence, people
have been attracted to the 'magic' of populism in a revolt against
mainstream politics and organisations of government, as with the EU
referendum in the UK and the US presidential election of Donald
Trump in 2016. While there have been political manoeuvrings to rein
back risk and place new controls on it, these have only brought
further disillusionment, insecurity and anxiety. This book argues
that the "security sanction" is likely to become more deeply
embedded in the criminal justice systems of these societies, as new
risks to both the well-being of individuals and the nation state
are identified.
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God and Dreams (Hardcover)
John Pratt Bingham; Foreword by Kelly Bulkeley
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Flight Risk
Meg Braem; Directed by Samantha Macdonald; William John Pratt, David B. Hogan, Philip D. St. John
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World War II veteran Hank Dunfield is about to turn one hundred
years old. The staff at Ponderosa Pine Lodge have recruited Sarah,
a young nursing student, to keep Hank safe, comfortable, and in the
building while they plan a grand centenarian celebration. There’s
one problem: Hank doesn’t want to live that long.Seemingly
opposites, Hank and Sarah kindle a deep friendship. Sarah fears the
future with multiple sclerosis will be even more isolated,
difficult, and painful than the isolated, difficult, and painful
present. Hank, a tail gunner during the Second World War, opens his
heart to share the deep knowledge of fear, luck, and flying into
battle he learned over his. combat missions. Sarah and Hank find
strength in each other as they face their deepest fears. Based on
interviews with veterans in Alberta seniors’ homes and the
skilled nurses who care for them, Flight Risk is the story of
finding exactly who you need when you least expect it. An
empathetic exploration of grief, friendship, and hope, this play
asks what we lose when we ignore the knowledge of our elderly,
challenges the way that we think about aging and death, and
inspires a brighter, more compassionate future.
This book traces the rise of contemporary populism in Western
democracies, marked by the return of would-be 'strong men'
politicians. It seeks to make sense of the resultant nature,
origins, and consequences -as expressed, for example, in the
startling rise of the social movement surrounding Trump in the US,
Brexit in the UK and the remarkable spread of ideologies that
express resistance to "facts," science, and expertise. Uniquely,
the book shows how what began as a form of penal populism in the
early 1990s transformed into a more wide ranging populist politics
with the potential to undermine or even overthrow the democratic
order altogether; examines the way in which the Covid-19 pandemic
has impacted on these forces, arguing it threw the flailing
democratic order an important lifeline, as Vladimir Putin has
subsequently done with his war in Ukraine. The book argues that
contemporary political populism can be seen as a wider
manifestation of the earlier tropes and appeal of penal populism
arising under neo-liberalism. The author traces this cross over and
the roots of discontent, anxiety, anti-elites sentiment and the
sense of being forgotten, that lie at the heart of populism, along
with its effects in terms of climate denial, 'fake news', othering,
nativism and the denigration of scientific and other forms of
expertise. In a highly topical and important extension to the field
the author suggests that the current covid pandemic might prove to
be an 'antidote' to populism, providing the conditions in which
scientific and medical expertise, truth telling, government
intervention in the economy and in health policy, and social
solidarity, are revalorised. Encompassing numerous subject areas
and crossing many conventional disciplinary boundaries, this book
will be of great interest to students and scholars of criminology
and criminal justice, sociology, political science, law, and public
policy.
Expertly drawing on international examples and existing literature,
Penal Populism closes a gap in the field of criminology. In this
fascinating expose of current crime policy, John Pratt examines the
role played by penal populism on trends in contemporary penal
policy. Penal populism is associated with the public's decline of
deference towards criminals and paranoia that crime is out of
control. Pratt argues that new media technology is helping to
spread national insecurities and politicians are not only
encouraging such sentiments but are also being led on by them.
Pratt explains it is having most influence in the development of
policy on sex offenders, youth crime, persistent criminals and
anti-social behaviour. Perhaps explaining why in many Western
countries prisons rates have soared while crime rates have been
declining. This topical resource also covers new dimensions of the
phenomenon, including: the changing nature and structure of the
mass media; less reliance on the more orthodox expertise of civil
servants and academics; and, limitations to the impact of populism,
bureaucratic resistance from judges, lawyers and academics and the
restorative justice movement. in criminology and crime policy.
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The New Punitiveness (Hardcover)
John Pratt, David Brown, Mark Brown, Simon Hallsworth, Wayne Morrison
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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.
This book is concerned to analyse the production of criminological
knowledge, with particular reference to one of the most important
institutions in the western world involved in this -the official
inquiry. The core focus of this book is thus to investigate the
structures and processes of official discourse, and the ways in
which this produces knowledge on crime and justice - a much
neglected topic in comparison to the attention that has been played
to the role of the media in this process. The mechanisms that
produce official discourse vary according to different
jurisdiction, but some clear themes nevertheless emerge.
Why do some modern societies punish their offenders differently to
others? Why are some more punitive and others more tolerant in
their approach to offending and how can these differences be
explained? Based on extensive historical analysis and fieldwork in
the penal systems of England, Australia and New Zealand on the one
hand and Finland, Norway and Sweden on the other, this book seeks
to answer these questions. The book argues that the penal
differences that currently exist between these two clusters of
societies emanate from their early nineteenth-century social
arrangements, when the Anglophone societies were dominated by
exclusionary value systems that contrasted with the more
inclusionary values of the Nordic countries. The development of
their penal programmes over this two hundred year period, including
the much earlier demise of the death penalty in the Nordic
countries and significant differences between the respective prison
rates and prison conditions of the two clusters, reflects the
continuing influence of these values. Indeed, in the early 21st
century these differences have become even more pronounced. John
Pratt and Anna Eriksson offer a unique contribution to this topic
of growing importance: comparative research in the history and
sociology of punishment. This book will be of interest to those
studying criminology, sociology, punishment, prison and penal
policy, as well as professionals working in prisons or in the area
of penal policy across the six societies that feature in the book.
Why do some modern societies punish their offenders differently to
others? Why are some more punitive and others more tolerant in
their approach to offending and how can these differences be
explained? Based on extensive historical analysis and fieldwork in
the penal systems of England, Australia and New Zealand on the one
hand and Finland, Norway and Sweden on the other, this book seeks
to answer these questions. The book argues that the penal
differences that currently exist between these two clusters of
societies emanate from their early nineteenth-century social
arrangements, when the Anglophone societies were dominated by
exclusionary value systems that contrasted with the more
inclusionary values of the Nordic countries. The development of
their penal programmes over this two hundred year period, including
the much earlier demise of the death penalty in the Nordic
countries and significant differences between the respective prison
rates and prison conditions of the two clusters, reflects the
continuing influence of these values. Indeed, in the early 21st
century these differences have become even more pronounced. John
Pratt and Anna Eriksson offer a unique contribution to this topic
of growing importance: comparative research in the history and
sociology of punishment. This book will be of interest to those
studying criminology, sociology, punishment, prison and penal
policy, as well as professionals working in prisons or in the area
of penal policy across the six societies that feature in the book.
This book analyzes the production of criminological knowledge, with
particular reference to one of the most important institutions in
the western world involved in this - the official inquiry. The core
focus of this book to investigate the structures and processes of
official discourse, and the ways in which this produces knowledge
on crime and justice - a much neglected topic in comparison to the
attention that has been paid to the role of the media in this
process. The mechanisms that produce official discourse vary
according to different jurisdiction, but some clear themes
nevertheless emerge. This book therefore draws upon contributors
from the UK, Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand to
examine such issues as the relationship between official inquiry
and modern, democratic society; official inquiry and criminal
justice, including policing and prisons; and official enquiry as a
means of closure and healing, and as a response to social crisis.
This highly controversial new book considers how the dangerous offender has become such a figure of collective anxiety for the citizens of rationalised Western societies. The authors consider: * ideas of danger and social threat in historical perspective * legal responses to violent criminals * attempts to predict dangerous behaviour * why particular groups, such as women, remain at risk from violent crime. This inspired collection invites us to rethink the received wisdom on dangerous offenders, and will be of interest to students and scholars in the fields of criminology and the sociology of Risk. eBook available with sample pages: 0203135741
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The New Punitiveness (Paperback)
John Pratt, David Brown, Mark Brown, Simon Hallsworth, Wayne Morrison
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R1,202
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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.
This book examines our contemporary preoccupation with risk and how
criminal law and punishment have been transformed as a result of
these anxieties. It adopts an historical approach to examine the
development of risk control measures used across the US, UK, New
Zealand, Australia and Canada - particularly since the 1980's -
with the rise of the "security sanction". It also takes a
criminological and sociological approach to analysing shifts in
criminal law and punishment and its implications for contemporary
society and criminal justice systems. Law, Insecurity and Risk
Control analyses the range and scope of the 'security sanction' and
its immobilizing measures, ranging from control over minor
incivilities to the most serious crimes. Despite these innovations,
though, it argues that our anxieties about risk have become so
extensive that the "security sanction" is no longer sufficient to
provide social stability and cohesion. As a consequence, people
have been attracted to the 'magic' of populism in a revolt against
mainstream politics and organisations of government, as with the EU
referendum in the UK and the US presidential election of Donald
Trump in 2016. While there have been political manoeuvrings to rein
back risk and place new controls on it, these have only brought
further disillusionment, insecurity and anxiety. This book argues
that the "security sanction" is likely to become more deeply
embedded in the criminal justice systems of these societies, as new
risks to both the well-being of individuals and the nation state
are identified.
This book examines the impact and implications of the relationship
between risk and criminal justice in advanced liberal democracies,
in the context of the 'revolt against uncertainty' which has
underpinned the rise of populist politics across these societies in
recent years. It asks what impact the demands for more certainty
and security, and the insistence that national identity be
reasserted, will have on criminal law and penal policy. Drawing
upon contributions made at a symposium held at Victoria University
of Wellington, New Zealand in November 2018, this edited collection
also discusses the way in which risk has come to inform sentencing
practices, broader criminal justice processes and the critical
issues associated with this. It also examines the growth and making
of new 'risky populations' and the harnessing of risk-prevention
logics, techniques and mechanisms which have inflated the influence
of risk on criminal justice.
How do comics produce such a striking range of vibrant stories,
representations, and expressions of the sensibilities of their
creators? Henry John Pratt's The Philosophy of Comics provides a
ground-breaking, illustrated introduction to the study of comics
and graphic novels, advancing the field of comics studies by
attending to some of its most notable problems. Pratt examines the
history of comics, the contrast between comics and cartoons, the
tenuous place of comics in the art world, and what it is to be a
comic in the first place. Comics work through extensive modes of
representation and expression, including through film, non-graphic
literature, and theatre. Pratt examines questions such as, why and
how are so many films based on comics? Can there be a perfect
adaptation from one to the other? Are some comics better than
others? Why is reading comics not regarded in the same light as
reading literary books? Pratt urges us to look closely at the most
significant problems and puzzles that comics provoke, having to do
with the very nature of comics, what composes them, how comics are
related to other art forms, how they function to manage space and
time in storytelling, and why they've been neglected in academic
circles despite being a culturally significant art form for
decades. With illustrations by Kurt F. Shaffert, The Philosophy of
Comics ultimately tries to explain the true underlying value of
comics as an art form.
In this era of unparalleled affluence, the dangerous offender has become a figure of collective anxiety for the citizens of rationalised Western societies. Questions of why sexual and violent offences seem so ubiquitous, and of how we should protect ourselves, has produced a glut of political and media rhetoric in recent years. Dangerous Offenders takes a different view of the problem. The image of the dangerous offender, and the idea that such individuals pose quantifiable `risks' to the public are interrogated by scholars from the fields of criminology, sociology and law. The authors consider: * ideas of danger and social threat in historical perspective * legal responses to violent criminals * attempts to predict dangerous behaviour * why particular groups, such as women, remain at risk from violent crime. This collection invites us to rethink the received wisdom on dangerous offenders. it concludes that the control of these people has become such a potent issue in `risk' societies as their apparently random offences represent the antithesis of the calculable risk. Dangerous Offenders will be of interest to students and scholars in the fields of criminology and the sociology of Risk.
Reiner Anderl The Advanced Modelling part of the CAD*I project
aimed at the development of a new generation of modelling
techniques as a basic functionality of future CAD/CAM systems. The
methodology and concepts for advanced modelling techniques, their
availability in the communication interface of a CAD/CAM system and
their influence on internal interfaces in the software architecture
of a CAD/CAM system are fundamental results of advanced modelling
work. These results form the basis for the development of a new
generation of CAD/CAM systems which are called product modelling
systems. CAD/CAM systems today mainly support the geometric
description of a technical part or its description as a technical
drawing. Advanced geometric modelling capabilities deal with
parametric design functions embedded into CAD/CAM systems. However,
development strategies for future CAD/CAM systems are directed
toward the following: 1. The development of product modelling
systems and 2. the development of integrated systems based on CAD,
CAP (Computer Aided Planning), CAM and other CIM (Computer
Integrated Manu facturing) functionalities."
Expertly drawing on international examples and existing literature,
Penal Populism closes a gap in the field of criminology. In this
fascinating expose of current crime policy, John Pratt examines the
role played by penal populism on trends in contemporary penal
policy. Penal populism is associated with the public's decline of
deference to the criminal justice establishment amidst alarm that
crime is out of control. Pratt argues that new media technology is
helping to spread national insecurities and politicians are not
only encouraging such sentiments but are also being led on by them.
Pratt explains it is having most influence in the development of
policy on sex offenders, youth crime, persistent criminals and
anti-social behavior. This topical resource also covers new
dimensions of the phenomenon, including: the changing nature and
structure of the mass media; less reliance on the more orthodox
expertise of civil servants and academics; and limitations to the
impact of populism, bureaucratic resistance from judges, lawyers
and academics and the restorative justice movement.This is
essential reading for students, researchers and professionals
working in criminology and crime policy.
Canadians often characterize their military history as a march
toward nationhood, but in the first eighty years of Confederation
they were fighting for the British Empire. War forced Canadians to
re-examine their relationship to Britain and to one another. As
French Canadians, Indigenous peoples, and those with roots in
continental Europe and beyond mobilized for war, their
participation challenged the imagined homogeneity of Canada as a
British nation. Fighting with the Empire examines the paradox of a
national contribution to an imperial war effort, finding middle
ground between affirming the emergence of a nation through warfare
and equating Canadian nationalism with British imperialism.
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Hangtown - Secrets & Schemes (Paperback)
John Pratt Bingham; Edited by Lynette M. Smith; Cover design or artwork by Dave Fymbo
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