Penal Policy and Social JusticeExamines the recent developments in penal policy, and asks whether they will make for more "justice". Drawing on international evidence the author asks whether making the punishment fit the crime can lessen the excessive penalization of the poor, the mentally disordered and racial minorities. |
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Page 139
... impact of criminal justice policies which , though they were propounded originally in the main by liberals anxious to reduce excessive imprison- ment , have increasingly been hijacked by the get - tough movement , so that presumptive ...
... impact of criminal justice policies which , though they were propounded originally in the main by liberals anxious to reduce excessive imprison- ment , have increasingly been hijacked by the get - tough movement , so that presumptive ...
Page 178
... impact of penalties . Demonstrable overrepresentation of black offenders , foreign offenders , unemployed and impoverished offenders in prison populations leaves penal systems open to suspicion that they are not reserving in ...
... impact of penalties . Demonstrable overrepresentation of black offenders , foreign offenders , unemployed and impoverished offenders in prison populations leaves penal systems open to suspicion that they are not reserving in ...
Page 179
... impact of penal policy on rich and poor , black and white , conventional and unconventional . Just as penal policy can only have minimal impact on crime without broader social strategies of crime prevention , so it can have little impact ...
... impact of penal policy on rich and poor , black and white , conventional and unconventional . Just as penal policy can only have minimal impact on crime without broader social strategies of crime prevention , so it can have little impact ...
Contents
Developments in Penal Policy during the 1980s | 17 |
Penal Policy and Social Structure 55 | 55 |
Penal Policy and Social Policy | 89 |
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