Emotions, Crime and Justice

Emotions, Crime and Justice
ISBN-10
1472565479
ISBN-13
9781472565471
Category
Criminal justice, Administration of
Pages
395
Language
English
Published
2011
Author
Susanne Karstedt

Description

The return of emotions to debates about crime and criminal justice has been a striking development of recent decades across many jurisdictions. This has been registered in the return of shame to justice procedures, a heightened focus on victims and their emotional needs, fear of crime as a major preoccupation of citizens and politicians, and highly emotionalised public discourses on crime and justice. But how can we best make sense of these developments? Do we need to create "emotionally intelligent" justice systems, or are we messing recklessly with the rational foundations of liber.

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