The Use of Punishment

In recent decades there has been a vast increase in the use of imprisonment and penal supervision, and to many this development appears to be qualitatively as well as quantitatively different. This volume considers the causes of this development, its consequences and future course.

List of contents

Introduction 1. A Christian approach to punishment 2. Punishment: a psychological perspective 3. Lost youth and the futility of deterrence 4. Punishment, markets, and the American model: an essay on a new American dilemma 5. States of insecurity: punishment, populism and contemporary political culture 6. Penal theory and penal practice: a communitarian approach 7. Restorative justice and punishment 8. The necessity of chance

About the author

Sean McConville is Professor of Law and Public Policy at Queen Mary, University of London.

Summary

In recent decades there has been a vast increase in the use of imprisonment and penal supervision, and to many this development appears to be qualitatively as well as quantitatively different. This volume considers the causes of this development, its consequences and future course.

Product details

• Authors: Sean McConville
• Assisted by: Sean Mcconville (Editor), Sean (Queen Mary McConville (Editor), McConville Sean (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9781843920342
• ISBN: 978-1-84392-034-2
• No. of pages: 288
• Weight: 657 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, Social issues & processes, Social and ethical issues, Penology and punishment, Prisons, Sentencing & punishment, Sentencing and punishment, Criminal justice law