BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1. WHAT IS PENAL POPULISM?; 2. UNDERLYING CAUSES; 3. PENAL POPULISM, THE MEDIA AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; 4. PENAL POPULISM AND CRIME CONTROL; 5. COMPETING AND COMPLEMENTARY INFLUENCES ON PENAL STRATEGY AND THOUGHT; 6. IS PENAL POPULISM INEVITABLE?; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
Summary
Following the USA, in many Western countries over the last decade, prisons rates have increased while crime rates have been declined. This key book examines the role played by penal populism on this and other trends in contemporary penal policy
