Rethinking punishment : challenging conventions in research and policy / Karol M. Lucken.
"There are visible signs that the 'get-tough' era of punishment is finally winding down. A 'get-smart' agenda has emerged that aims to reduce costs and crime by reducing the incarceration of non-violent drug offenders, expanding use of community-based corrections, revising sentencing structures, and...
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Language: | English |
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY :
Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group,
2017.
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Physical Description: | viii, 165 pages ; 25 cm |
Format: | Book |
Contents:
- Introduction
- Justifying punishment : a moral & economic defense of policy
- Defining punishment : the essential attributes of penal activity
- Measuring punishment : the scope & severity of penal activity
- Evaluating punishment : "what works" and the pursuit of effectiveness
- Prescribing punishment : alternative directions in research & policy
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