Creating criminals
Subtitle: prisons and people in a market society
By: Vivien Stern
Series: Global issues; Global issues series (Zed Books)
Publisher: Zed; Fernwood; Books for Change; SIRD; David Philip; DIstributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2006
Place of publication: London; New York; Halifax, Nova Scotia; Bangalore, India; Duala Lumpur, Malaysia; Cape Town, S.A; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
Subjects: Imprisonment; Crime prevention; Social justice; Criminal justice, Administration of
Description: "Market society is producing more crime around the world. More acts are being defined as crimes. Ever increasing numbers of people are classified as criminals and more are being locked up in prison. With globalization, the crime and punishment problem is no longer insulated from pressures beyond national borders. The rich may retreat behind their expensive security into gated communities, but the poor are more and more at the mercy of criminals and corrupt policing. Yet, Vivien Stern argues, the trends towards more criminalization and more imprisonment are not making for more effective crime control or safer communities. This book demonstrates that the prospects for the future are serious unless NGOs and reformers join in a new movement for reform that gives more control of justice policy back to communities and neighbourhoods."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [200]) and index

Includes web resources