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 72
... poor - especially the unemployed , the undeserving poor , or any who raise their voices in protest for failing to better themselves . Crime and punishment do not merely regulate the labour supply , they act to ensure that the failure of ...
... poor - especially the unemployed , the undeserving poor , or any who raise their voices in protest for failing to better themselves . Crime and punishment do not merely regulate the labour supply , they act to ensure that the failure of ...
Page 84
... poor are more heavily penalised than the crimes of the rich . Relative deprivation or marginalisation theory does not , of course , set itself to understand why this excessive penalisation of the urban poor should be , it merely ...
... poor are more heavily penalised than the crimes of the rich . Relative deprivation or marginalisation theory does not , of course , set itself to understand why this excessive penalisation of the urban poor should be , it merely ...
Page 85
... poor , and especially poor black , criminality is revealed as a necessity not just of contemporary racism , but as a necessity for the survival of contemporary laissez - faire conservatism ( Gilroy , 1987 ) . Periodic police crackdowns ...
... poor , and especially poor black , criminality is revealed as a necessity not just of contemporary racism , but as a necessity for the survival of contemporary laissez - faire conservatism ( Gilroy , 1987 ) . Periodic police crackdowns ...
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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