The New Punitiveness
Subtitle: Trends, Theories, Perspectives
Contributors: John Pratt (Editor); David Brown (Editor); Mark Brown (Editor); Simon Hallsworth (Editor); Wayne Morrison (Editor)
Publisher: Willan Publishing (UK)
Published: February 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9781843921103
Subjects: Penology & punishment; Penology; Social Science; Sociology; Prisons; Criminology; Criminal justice, Administration of; Punishment
First sentence: In 1967, as the Vietnam War and race riots were roiling the country, President Lyndon B. Johnson received a report on America's judicial and correctional institutions from a group of government experts.