Penal culture and hyperincarceration :: the revival of the prison /

Using penal culture as a conceptual and theoretical vehicle, and Australia as a case study, this book analyses international developments in penality and imprisonment. Authored by some of Australia's leading penal theorists, the book examines the historical and contemporary influences on the us...

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1. Verfasser: Cunneen, Chris, 1953-
Weitere Verfasser: Baldry, Eileen, Brown, David, 1948-, Schwartz, Melanie, Steel, Alex, Brown, Mark, 1965-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Farnham, Surrey : Ashgate, [2013]
Schriftenreihe:Advances in criminology.
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Zusammenfassung:Using penal culture as a conceptual and theoretical vehicle, and Australia as a case study, this book analyses international developments in penality and imprisonment. Authored by some of Australia's leading penal theorists, the book examines the historical and contemporary influences on the use of the prison, with analyses of colonialism, post colonialism, race, and what they term the 'penal/colonial complex', in the construction of imprisonment rates and on the development of the phenomenon of hyperincarceration. Comparative, contemporary and historical in its approach, the book provides a n.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xii, 238 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781409447306
1409447308
9781409474838
1409474836
1317082656
9781317082651
9781315599892
1315599899