Criminal Justice and Neoliberalism

By Emma Bell

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230251978
• ISBN13: 9780230251977
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"