Perspectives on Punishment - The Contours of Control

Informationen zum Autor Sarah Armstrong is a lecturer in criminology and a member of the Centre for Law and Society, University of Edinburgh. Her current research is in the sociology of punishment and focuses on developing a sociology of accountability, analysing privatization in justice and punishment, and contributing to social and cultural scholarship on risk.Lesley McAra is a senior lecturer in criminology and a member of the Centre for Law and Society, University of Edinburgh. She writes and teaches in the fields of the sociology of punishment, youth crime and justice, gender, and crime and criminal justice. Currently she is a co-director of a major programme of research funded by the ESCR, Scottish Executive and the Nuffield Foundation on youth transitions and crime. Zusammenfassung This book provides broad coverage of the latest research on punishment and control. The contributions look at some of the major changes seen in the field over the last century, including the global nature of terrorism, the rise of information and surveillance technologies, the changing nature of government and power and structure, and the spread of the human rights discourse.

Product details

• Authors: Sarah Armstrong, Sarah/ Scottish Criminology Conference/ Armstrong
• Assisted by: Sarah Armstrong (Editor), Lesley McAra (Editor), McAra Lesley (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.10.2006
• EAN: 9780199278763
• ISBN: 978-0-19-927876-3
• No. of pages: 276
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; England, Wales, Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology, Scotland, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, LAW / Criminal Law / Sentencing, Penology and punishment, Penology & punishment, Sentencing & punishment, Sentencing and punishment, Causes & Prevention Of Crime, Causes and prevention of crime, Wales / Cymru