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1. Contrasts in Punishment

   An explanation of Anglophone excess and Nordic exceptionalism

   By John Pratt, Anna Eriksson

   Series: Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice

   Why do some societies punish their offenders differently to other societies? Why are some societies more punitive than others? Can differences in imprisonment rates and prison conditions be explained by political exigencies or economic forces or can they be traced back to historical social...

   To Be Published January 14th 2013 by Routledge
2. Penal Populism

   By John Pratt

   Series: Key Ideas in Criminology

   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...

   Published November 29th 2006 by Routledge
3. The New Punitiveness

   Edited by John Pratt, David Brown, Mark Brown, Simon Hallsworth, Wayne Morrison

   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...

   Published January 31st 2005 by Willan
4. Crime, Truth and Justice

   Edited by George Gilligan, John Pratt

   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...

   Published October 31st 2003 by Willan
5. Dangerous Offenders

   Punishment and Social Order

   Edited by Mark Brown, John Pratt

   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*...

   Published April 5th 2000 by Routledge