This book explores the origins of the so-called 'punitive turn' in penal policy across Western nations over the past two decades. It demonstrates how the context of neoliberalism has informed penal policy-making and argues that it is ultimately neoliberalism which has led to the recent intensification of punishment.Demker, M., Towns, A., Duus-OtterstrApm, G. and Sebring, J. (2008) a#39;Fear and Punishment in Sweden: Exploring Penal Attitudesa#39;, Punishment and Society, 10(3 ), 319a32. ... Downes, D. and Morgan, R. (2002a) a#39;The Skeletons in the Cupboard : The Politics of Law and Order at the Turn of the Millenniuma#39; in Maguire, ... The Oxford Handbook of Criminology, 2nd edn (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press). ... http://www.berr.gov.uk/files/file14759.pdf, date accessed 26 May 2010.
Title | : | Criminal Justice and Neoliberalism |
Author | : | E. Bell |
Publisher | : | Springer - 2011-01-19 |
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