- 210 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
This unusual work by an experienced criminologist challenges the taken-for-granted status and effects of criminal deterrence theory in contemporary justice and punishment worldwide. Using the British justice process as an example, it is a hard-hitting critique of the illusory and dysfunctional outcomes of basing penal policies upon the presumed but un-measureable effectiveness of specific and general deterrence in pursuit of crime control. There are better ways of 'doing justice' without the collateral damage caused by mass incarceration as a means of social protection. These are explained in this analysis. This is a book which every politician should read and internalise, every sentencing official should carefully consider, and every criminal justice practitioner should welcome. It is, quite simply, a 'call to arms' for long-overdue penal reform. [Subject: Criminal Law, Criminology]
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Table of contents
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author
- Author’s Preface
- Foreword
- List of Abbreviations Used in This Book
- Part I Descent into Chaos
- Part II Looking to the Future
- Postscript
- Appendix Guide to British Prime Ministers & Home Secretaries/Justice Ministers 1945-2017
- Bibliography
- Index