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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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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 will allow you to gain practical skills and know-how in
grounding, bonding, lightning & surge protection. Few topics
generate as much controversy and argument as that of grounding and
the associated topics of surge protection, shielding and lightning
protection of electrical and electronic systems. Poor grounding
practice can be the cause of continual and intermittent
difficult-to-diagnose problems in a facility. This book looks at
these issues from a fresh yet practical perspective and enables you
to reduce expensive downtime on your plant and equipment to a
minimum by correct application of these principles.
Learning outcomes:
* Apply the various methods of grounding electrical systems
* Detail the applicable national Standards
* Describe the purposes of grounding and bonding
* List the types of systems that cannot be grounded
* Describe what systems can be operated ungrounded
* Correctly shield sensitive communications cables from noise and
interference
* Apply practical knowledge of surge and transient protection
* Troubleshoot and fix grounding and surge problems
* Design, install and test an effective grounding system for
electronic equipment
* Understand lightning and how to minimize its impact on your
facility
* Protect sensitive equipment from lightning
. An engineer's guide to earthing, shielding, lightning and surge
protection designed to deliver reliable equipment and
communications systems that comply with international and national
codes
. Discover how to reduce plant downtime and intermittent faults by
implementing best-practice grounding/earthing techniques
. Learn the principles of cable shielding in communication
networks"
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.
This book provides an account of the distinctive way in which penal
power developed outside the metropolitan centre. Proposing a
radical revision of the Foucauldian thesis that criminological
knowledge emerged in the service of a new form of power -
discipline - that had inserted itself into the very centre of
punishment, it argues that Foucault's alignment of sovereign,
disciplinary and governmental power will need to be reread and
rebalanced to account for its operation in the colonial sphere. In
particular it proposes that colonial penal power in India is best
understood as a central element of a liberal colonial
governmentality. To give an account of the emergence of this
colonial form of penal power that was distinct from its
metropolitan counterpart, this book analyses the British experience
in India from the 1820s to the early 1920s. It provides a genealogy
of both civil and military spheres of government, illustrating how
knowledge of marginal and criminal social orders was tied in
crucial ways to the demands of a colonial rule that was neither
monolithic nor necessarily coherent. The analysis charts the
emergence of a liberal colonial governmentality where power was
almost exclusively framed in terms of sovereignty and security and
where disciplinary strategies were given only limited and equivocal
attention. Drawing on post-colonial theory, Penal Power and
Colonial Rule opens up a new and unduly neglected area of research.
An insightful and original exploration of theory and history, this
book will appeal to students and scholars of Law, Criminology,
History and Post-colonial Studies.
Penal Power and Colonial Rule provides an account of the
distinctive way in which criminology developed outside the
metropolitan centre. Proposing a radical revision of the
Foucauldian thesis that criminological knowledge emerged in the
service of a new form of power -- discipline -- that had inserted
itself into the very centre of punishment, it argues that
Foucault's alignment of sovereign, disciplinary and governmental
power will, necessarily, need to be re-read and re-balanced to
account for its operation in the colonial sphere. For, although the
emergence of disciplinary power and its attendant forms of
knowledge provided for key social transformations in the
modernising metropolitan state, in colonial states power was almost
exclusively sovereign and governmental (bio-political), with
disciplinary strategies given only limited and equivocal attention.
In order to develop this argument, and give an account of the
emergence of colonial criminology as a form of knowledge distinct
from its metropolitan counterpart, this book provides an analysis
of the key British colonial experience in India from the 1820s to
the early 1920s. This analysis documents a colonial criminology,
that was tied in crucial ways to the demands of colonial
governance, whose birth can be placed fifty years or more before
Lombroso or Ferri stepped upon the European stage: a criminology
that developed its own unique modes of analysis, representation and
measurement independent of metropolitan theory and practice.
Drawing on postcolonial theory to ask whether we can speak of
colonial modernity' or the colonial state' in the singular, it is,
moreover, through the critical engagement of this analysis with
Foucault's theoretical and historical account of the development of
criminology that Penal Power and Colonial Rule opens up a new, and
unduly negleted area of research.
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.
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
With only 10 days to go before England's crucial World Cup
Qualifier against Germany, national manager Glenn Gould resigns,
blaming Brendon Fendon, the FA's Machiavellian chief executive, of
taking an unhealthy interest in team affairs. A shortlist of
temporary replacement managers is drawn up -- the instant favourite
is Ron Atkinson. Brendan Fendon leaves for Brazil to attend a
career-enhancing FIFA conference on the elasticity of corner flags.
Meanwhile, Nottingham plumber and Sunday League manager Reg
Atkinson is concerned that his tender for the undersoil heating
contract at the new Wembley stadium will be lost in the latest
crisis to hit the England team. But he is soon reassured by a call
from the FA asking him to an interview. Reg quickly hones his
knowledge of the Swedish undersoil heating system and heads for
London. After a swift selection process, Brendan Fendon's stand-in
Sir Richard Scratcher appoints Atkinson and calls a press
conference to announce the new England boss. But, as the mass media
soon discover, the man taking the stage isn't Ron but Reg who has
signed a multi-million pound contract to take charge of the
national team. The press have a field day, but Brendan Fendon is
none the wiser as his delayed flight from Rio lands at Heathrow.
When the truth dawns he realises the only way out is to force Reg
to resign by preventing all England's stars from playing against
Germany. What does Reg do now? If he resigns he'll lose his money,
but if he continues, England will be forced to forfeit the match
and Germany will surely qualify. The press are camped outside Reg's
humble semi in Nottingham, he's suffered a mysterious break-in and
his plumbing business and the future of English football look like
going down the pan...
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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.
Editors Laurie Brown, Max Dresden and Lillian Hoddeson have
assembled a prestigious group of physicists and historians of
science to present a broadly balanced picture of this exciting
scientific era that witnessed the coming of age of particle physics
and its development into 'big science'. The historical studies and
analyses provided in the volume are unique in their scope and level
of detail. Major topics and developments addressed include the
important experiments and their theoretical explanations, the
design and construction of scientific instruments and the
establishment of major research centres - especially the national
laboratories that played a key role in the transformation of
particle physics into 'big science'. These essays also range from
sociological analyses of the particle physics subculture and the
political aspects of research funding to discussions of symmetry
and axiomatic field theory.
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.
This book argues that Scottish theatre has, since the late 1960s,
undergone an artistic renaissance, driven by European Modernist
aesthetics. Combining detailed research and analysis with exclusive
interviews with ten leading figures in modern Scottish drama, the
book sets out the case for the last half-century as the strongest
period in the history of the Scottish stage. Mark Brown traces the
development of Scottish theatre's Modernist revolution from the
arrival of influential theatre director Giles Havergal at the
Citizens Theatre, Glasgow in 1969 through to the advent of the
National Theatre of Scotland in 2006. Finally, the book
contemplates the future of Scotland's theatrical renaissance. It is
essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary theatre
and/or the modern history of live drama in Scotland.
3m / Musical Comedy A hilarious new musical, China - The Whole
Enchilada is three men singing, dancing, and irreverently marching
their way through four thousand years of Chinese history- in less
than two hours with an intermission. The show dares to tackle
racism, human rights, genocide, and the birth of the fortune
cookie. Selected participant of the 2008 New York International
Fringe Festival. "China walks a fine line between sheer, ridiculous
inanity and some serious truths about that big country over there,
the one just past Japan. It's a tricky balancing act -- and a
fascinating one."- Orlando Sentinal "In this musical version of the
history of China, Brown has collaborated with song writer and
composer Paul Mirkovich to create two of the funniest hours I have
spent in a theatre in a couple of years." - EntertainingU.com
Paul Auster provides the first extended analysis of Auster's
essays, poetry, fiction, films and collaborative projects. It
explores his key themes of identity; language and writing;
metropolitan living and community; and storytelling and illusion.
By tracing how Auster's representations of New York and city life
have matured from a position of urban nihilism to qualified
optimism, the book shows how the variety of forms he works in
influences the treatment of his central concerns. The chapters are
organised around gradually extending spaces to reflect the way in
which Auster's work broadens its focus, beginning with the poet's
room and finishing with the global metropolis of New York: his home
city and often his muse. The book uses Auster's published and
unpublished literary essays to explain the shifts from the dense
and introspective poems of the 70s, through the metropolitan
fictions of the 80s and early 90s, to the relatively optimistic and
critically acclaimed films, and his return to fiction in recent
years. Objectivist poets, and that of European modernists such as
Kafka and Hamsun is explored in depth. Because of Auster's
consistent concern with living in New York, urban commentators
provide important insights into the metropolitan experiences of
Auster's central characters. Benjamin's description of the flaneur,
for example, along with de Certeau's discussion of walking in New
York, provide the cultural context for the exploration of Auster's
urban stories. This book will be invaluable for general readers,
students and specialists.
Plant operators, electricians, field technicians and engineers will
gain a practical understanding of the role and workings of power
system protection systems from this work. An understanding of power
systems and their optimized management will increase plant
efficiency and performance as well as increasing safety levels.
This book provides both the underpinning knowledge and basic
calculations needed to understand, specify, use and maintain power
protection systems, and the practical techniques required on a
daily basis.
After studying this book you will have an excellent knowledge of
the principles of protection. You will also have a better
understanding of the possible problems likely to arise in
day-to-day work with power protection systems.
Key areas of knowledge and expertise developed will include:
* Fundamentals of electrical power protection and
applications
* Different fault types
* Perform simple fault and design calculations
* Practical knowledge of protection system components
* Apply relay settings
* Improve the safety of your site with the knowledge gained
* Increase plant efficiency, performance and safety levels by
developing your understanding of power system protection
* Gain a practical knowledge of the engineering challenges of power
system protection: fault types, component types, relay settings,
etc.
* Coverage includes both the fundamentals and the basic fault and
design calculations needed to specify, use and maintain power
protection systems
There is a large gap between what you learn in college and the
practical knowhow demanded in the working environment, running and
maintaining electrical equipment and control circuits. Practical
Troubleshooting Of Electrical Equipment and Control Circuits
focuses on the hands-on knowledge and rules-of-thumb that will help
engineers and employers by increasing knowledge and skills, leading
to improved equipment productivity and reduced maintenance costs.
This book will help engineers and technicians to identify, prevent
and fix common electrical equipment and control circuits. The
emphasis is on practical issues that go beyond typical electrical
principles, providing a tool-kit of skills in solving electrical
problems, ranging from control circuits to motors and variable
speed drives. The examples in the book are designed to be
applicable to any facility.
1.Discover the practical knowhow and rules-of-thumb they don't
teach you in the classroom
2.Diagnose electrical problems 'right first time'
3.Reduce downtime
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