Perspectives on Punishment: The Contours of Control

By Lesley McAra

Book Overview

The book offers an incisive collection of contemporary research into the problems of crime control and punishment. It has three inter-related aims: to take stock of current thinking on punishment, regulation, and control in the early years of a new century and in the wake of a number of critical junctures, including 9/11, which have transformed the social, political, and cultural environment; to present a selection of the diverse epistemological and methodological frameworks which inform current research; and finally to set out some fruitful directions for the future study of punishment.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199278776
• ISBN13: 9780199278770
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.2"