288 Pages
by
Willan
288 Pages
by
Willan
288 Pages
by
Willan
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In recent decades there has been a vast increase in the use of imprisonment and penal supervision, and to many this development appears to be qualitatively as well as quantitatively different. The causes of this development, its consequences and future course form the main point of departure for the contributors to this volume, who consider the changes that have contributed to these apparently... Read more
Introduction 1. A Christian approach to punishment, Alan Duce 2. Punishment: a psychological perspective, L.R. Huesmann and C.L. Podolski 3. Lost youth and the futility of deterrence, Mark Fleisher 4. Punishment, markets, and the American model: an essay on a new American dilemma, Marcellus Andrews 5. States of insecurity: punishment, populism and contemporary political culture, Richard Sparks 6. Penal theory and penal practice: a communitarian approach, Nicola Lacey 7. Restorative justice and punishment, Richard Young and Carolyn Hoyle 8. The necessity of chance, Sean McConville
Biography
Sean McConville is Professor of Law and Public Policy at Queen Mary, University of London.
