Reconceptualising Penality: A Comparative Perspective on Punitiveness in Ireland Scotland and New Zealand

Reconceptualising Penality: A Comparative Perspective on Punitiveness in Ireland Scotland and New Zealand
ISBN-10
1409463176
ISBN-13
9781409463177
Category
Criminal justice, Administration of
Pages
240
Language
English
Published
2014-08-01
Publisher
Lund Humphries Publishers
Author
Claire Hamilton

Description

Although developments such as the drastic increase in the use of imprisonment and restrictions on parole suggest a new, harsher punitive era, Hamilton's empirical data based on examination of penal policies in Ireland, Scotland and New Zealand, suggests criminal justice and penal policies vary. This study is critical of the way in which punitiveness is currently measured by leading criminologists and demonstrates the utility of viewing criminal justice from the perspective of smaller jurisdictions.

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