Crime, punishment, and politics in comparative perspective
By: edited by Michael Tonry.
Contributors: Tonry, Michael H.
Series: Crime and justice -- v. 36; Crime and justice (Chicago, Ill.) -- v. 36.
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 673
ISBN-13: 9780226808635; 9780226808642; 9780226080635; 9780226080642
Subjects: Criminal justice, Administration of -- Cross-cultural studies; Punishment -- Cross-cultural studies; Crime -- Government policy -- Cross-cultural studies
Genres: Cross-cultural studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Determinants of penal policy / Michael Tonry; title: Comparative penology in perspective / Jean-Paul Brodeur; title: Visions of penal control in the Netherlands / David Downes; title: Penal policy and practice in Belgium / Sonja Snacken; title: Penal policy in Scandinavia / Tapio Lappi-Seppala; title: Punitive trends and stable imprisonment rates in Canada / Cheryl Marie Webster and Anthony N. Doob; title: Crime and punishment in contemporary Japan / David T. Johnson; title: Tough on crime : penal policy in England and Wales / Tim Newburn; title: Criminal justice policy in France: illusions of severity / Sebastian Roché; title: Pardons and amnesties as policy instruments in contemporary France / René Lévy; title: Comparing penal cultures : child-on-child homicide in England and Norway / David A. Green.