| Description |
ix, 218 pages ; 25 cm |
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3 1/2 in |
| Series |
Crime and justice |
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Crime and justice (Buckingham, England)
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| Contents |
1. Perspectives on punishment -- Pt. 1. The goals of punishment: the juridical perspective -- 2. Utilitarian approaches -- 3. Retribution -- 4. Hybrids, compromises and syntheses -- 5. Restorative justice: diversion, compromise or replacement discourse -- Pt. 2. Punishment and modernity: the sociological perspective -- 6. Punishment and progress: the Durkheimian tradition -- 7. The political economy of punishment: Marxist approaches -- 8. The disciplined society: Foucault and the analysis of penality -- 9. Understanding contemporary penality -- Pt. 3. Towards justice? -- 10. The struggle for justice: critical criminology and critical legal studies -- Postscript: Beyond modernity: the fate of justice |
| Summary |
"Understanding Justice has been designed for students from a range of disciplines and is suitable for a variety of crime-related courses in sociology, social policy, law and social work. It will also be useful to professionals in criminal justice agencies and to all those interested in understanding the issues behind public and political debates on punishment."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: 1996 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [195]-211) and index |
| Notes |
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| Subject |
Punishment.
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Criminal law -- Philosophy.
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| LC no. |
2002030371 |
| ISBN |
0335210376 hardback |
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0335210368 paperback |
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