Penal systems : a comparative approach /: a comparative approach. (2005)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Michael Cavadino and James Dignan with Don Anspach [and others].
• Other Names: Cavadino, Michael, 1953-; Dignan, James; Cavadino, Michael, 1953-
• Contents: Introducing comparative penology -- Globalized penal crisis? -- The United States of America : law and order ideology, hyperincarceration and looming crisis -- England and Wales : stop-go and the upwards zig-zag -- Australia and New Zealand : neo-liberal punitiveness down under -- South Africa : the transition from apartheid -- Germany : archetypal corporatism -- The Netherlands : a beacon of tolerance dimmed -- France and Italy : corporatism and Catholicism -- Sweden and Finland : nordic social democracy -- Japan : iron fist in a velvet penal glove -- Comparative youth justice -- Neo-liberal youth justice systems -- Youth justice systems : corporatist variants -- General patterns in youth justice? -- Prison privatization -- 'A boot stamping upon a human face forever'?
• Publisher Details: London : SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication Date: 2005
• Extent: 1 online resource (400 pages)
• Subjects: 364.6; 364.6 365.942; Corrections -- Cross-cultural studies; Imprisonment -- Cross-cultural studies; Criminal justice, Administration of -- Cross-cultural studies; Punishment -- Cross-cultural studies; Corrections -- Cross-cultural studies; Imprisonment -- Cross-cultural studies; Criminal justice, Administration of -- Cross-cultural studies; Punishment -- Cross-cultural studies; Corrections; Criminal justice, Administration of; Imprisonment; Punishment; Strafstelsel; Sancties; Internationaler Vergleich; Strafvollzug; Strafvollzug; Internationaler Vergleich; Cross-cultural studies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781446233948; 1446233944
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.