Politics of Redress - Crime, Punishment and Penal Abolition

First published in 1990, The Politics of Redress is a product of and commentary on significant developments in critical criminology.

List of contents

Preface Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. Fuzzy morals and flaky politics 3. Explaining expansion 4. Explaining Contraction 5. Penal abolition and sociological imagination 6. The necessity of punishment in a just social order 7. Institutionalization of socialist legality 8. Conclusion Notes References Index

Product details

• Authors: Willem De Haan
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032407661
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3240766-1
• No. of pages: 236
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology, Legal aspects of criminology, Penology and punishment, Penology & punishment, Sentencing & punishment, Sentencing and punishment, Criminal justice law, Criminology: legal aspects, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Capital Punishment