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Criminal Justice and Neoliberalism

This book explores the origins of the so-called 'punitive turn' in penal policy across Western nations over the past two decades. It demonstrates how the context of neoliberalism has informed penal policy-making and argues that it is ultimately neoliberalism which has led to the recent int...

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Main Author: Bell, E. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Edition:1st ed. 2011.
Subjects:
Social policy.
Criminology.
Political sociology.
Juvenile delinquents.
Corrections.
Punishment.
Political science.
Social Policy.
Criminology and Criminal Justice, general.
Political Sociology.
Youth Offending and Juvenile Justice.
Prison and Punishment.
Political Science.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230299504
Summary:This book explores the origins of the so-called 'punitive turn' in penal policy across Western nations over the past two decades. It demonstrates how the context of neoliberalism has informed penal policy-making and argues that it is ultimately neoliberalism which has led to the recent intensification of punishment.
Physical Description:XIV, 252 p. online resource.
ISBN:9780230299504

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