A Punitive Society: Falling Crime and Rising Imprisonment in New Zealand
- ISBN-10
- 1927277272
- ISBN-13
- 9781927277270
- Pages
- 48
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-12-10
- Publisher
- Bridget Williams Books
- Author
- John Pratt
Description
‘New Zealand has one of the highest levels of imprisonment in the Western world. Yet the growth of imprisonment in New Zealand has occurred when the crime rate here, as in most other Western societies, has been in significant decline. Why, then, the disjuncture?’ In this penetrating BWB Text, John Pratt describes the dramatic transformation in penal thought that has recently taken place in this country. Rising imprisonment in New Zealand, against the background of a falling crime rate, is connected with changes in how we, as a society, think about the purpose and function of punishment. This growth of ‘penal populism’, Pratt asserts, has caused enormous and lasting damage to New Zealand’s social fabric.
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