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Reconceptualising Penality: A Comparative Perspective on Punitiveness in Ireland, Scotland and New Zealand


ISBN13: 9781409463160
Published: August 2014
Publisher: Routledge
Country of Publication: UK
Format: Hardback
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Drastic increases in the use of imprisonment; the introduction of 'three strikes' laws and mandatory sentences; restrictions on parole - all of these developments appear to signify a new, harsher era or 'punitive turn'. Yet these features of criminal justice are not universally present in all Western countries.

Drawing on empirical data gathered from 1976-2006, Hamilton examines the prevalence of harsher penal policies in Ireland, Scotland and New Zealand, emphasising the importance of viewing criminal justice from smaller jurisdictions. This highly innovative book is thoroughly critical of the way in which punitiveness is currently measured by leading criminologists, in a way which no other European text has done before.

This book is essential reading for students and scholars of criminology, penology, criminal justice and socio-legal studies, as well as those criminal lawyers and practitioners working in Ireland, Scotland and New Zealand.

Subjects:
Criminology
Contents:
Foreword
'Theory is not its own justification': testing the punitiveness thesis
'It hasn't happened here...': the limits of the punitiveness thesis
Ireland 1976-2006: stagnation and change
Scotland 1976-206: from divergence to convergence
New Zealand 1976-2006: perfecting the 'perfect society'
The measurement of punitiveness
The 'new punitiveness' in Ireland, Scotland and New Zealand
Explaining differences
Reconceptualising penality
Bibliography
Index.