Punishment and incarceration : a global perspective /

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Edition:First edition.
Imprint:Bingley, UK : Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2014.
Description:1 online resource : illustrations
Language:English
Series:Sociology of crime, law and deviance, 1521-6136 ; volume 19
Sociology of crime, law, and deviance ; volume 19.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11238000
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Other authors / contributors:Deflem, Mathieu, editor.
ISBN:9781783509072
1783509074
1783509104
9781783509102
9781783509102
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
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Summary:This volume in the series Sociology of crime, law, and deviance deals with aspects of punishment, including sentencing, incarceration, and prison conditions, in a variety of settings at local, national, and/or regional levels. The book brings together some 14 scholars to contribute their respective chapters, each of the authors drawn from various parts of the world, thus ensuring a global perspective. The chapters in this volume address specific aspects of punishment, prisons, and incarceration based on the authors unique specialty and setting. The focus is explicitly comparative, analyzing punishment in different national and regional settings, and thus seeks to offer a global orientation. Both thematically and regionally diverse within the province of social and behavioral studies devoted to the study of punishment and incarceration, the chapters in this volume are also diverse in terms of theoretical approach and methodological orientation.
Other form:Print version: Punishment and incarceration 9781783509102

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