Thinking about Punishment
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Thinking about Punishment
Penal Policy Across Space, Time and Discipline
Tonry, Michael
Taylor & Francis Ltd
12/2009
554
Dura
Inglês
9780754629054
15 a 20 dias
Pulls together the key writings by the author on penal policy trends in western countries, racial and ethnic disparities, and sentencing policies, practices, and theories. This title argues that the distinct historical characteristics of a country offer the best explanation of national patterns of punishment at any one time, and over time.
Contents: Introduction; Part I Race and Ethnicity: Malign neglect; Ethnicity, crime and immigration; The malign effects of drugs and crime control policies on black Americans, (with Matthew Melewski). Part II Comparative Penal Policy: Symbol, substance and severity in Western penal policies; Punishment policies and patterns in Western countries; Determinants of penal policies. Part III American Penal Policy: Sense and sensibility in American penal culture; Cycles and sensibilities; Emerging explanations of American punishment policies. Part IV Sentencing Policy: Sentencing reform in America (with Norval Morris); Mandatory penalties; Sentencing matters; Purposes and functions of sentencing. Part V Punishment Theory: Interchangeability of punishments in principle; Proportionality, parsimony, and interchangeability of punishments; Obsolescence and immanence in penal theory and policy. Name Index.
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Pulls together the key writings by the author on penal policy trends in western countries, racial and ethnic disparities, and sentencing policies, practices, and theories. This title argues that the distinct historical characteristics of a country offer the best explanation of national patterns of punishment at any one time, and over time.
Contents: Introduction; Part I Race and Ethnicity: Malign neglect; Ethnicity, crime and immigration; The malign effects of drugs and crime control policies on black Americans, (with Matthew Melewski). Part II Comparative Penal Policy: Symbol, substance and severity in Western penal policies; Punishment policies and patterns in Western countries; Determinants of penal policies. Part III American Penal Policy: Sense and sensibility in American penal culture; Cycles and sensibilities; Emerging explanations of American punishment policies. Part IV Sentencing Policy: Sentencing reform in America (with Norval Morris); Mandatory penalties; Sentencing matters; Purposes and functions of sentencing. Part V Punishment Theory: Interchangeability of punishments in principle; Proportionality, parsimony, and interchangeability of punishments; Obsolescence and immanence in penal theory and policy. Name Index.
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