Prisons and punishment

New Generation Jail Overview

Nov 18, 1991

Zupan, L. L. and Menke, B. A. (1991) ‘The new generation jail: an overview’, in J. A. Thompson and G.L. Mays (eds.) American Jails: Public Policy Issues, Chicago: Nelson-Hall, pp. 180-194

Penal Politics

Nov 18, 1994

Sparks, R. (1994) ‘Can prisons be legitimate? Penal politics, privatisation and the timeliness of an old idea’, British Journal of Criminology, Vol. 34 pp. 14-28 Abstract Full text link

Young people, culture and crime

Nov 18, 1994

Presdee, M. (1994) ‘Young people, culture and the construction of crime: doing wrong versus doing crime’, in Barak, G. (ed.) Varieties of Criminology, Westport, CT, Praeger. pp.179-187.

British childhood survey

Nov 18, 1996

Hendrick, H. (1997) ‘Constructions and reconstructions of British childhood: an interpretative survey, 1800 to the present’, in James, A. and Proat, A. (eds) Constructing and Reconstructing Childhood, 2nd edn, Basingstoke, Falmer, pp.34-62.

Crime control as product

Nov 18, 2000

Christie, N. (2000) ‘Crime control as a product’, from Crime Control as Industry 3e, London, Routledge, pp. 111-142

Professional ideology

Nov 18, 2001

Cullen, F. T. and Gendreau, P. (2001) ‘From Nothing Works to What Works: changing professional ideology in the 21st century’, The Prison Journal 81: 313-338

Leftist project in Sweden

Nov 18, 2002

Tham, H. (2002) ‘Law and order as a leftist project?: The case of Sweden’ Punishment and Society, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 409-426.

Penal micro economy

Nov 18, 2004

Piacentini, L. (2004) ‘Barter: Russia’s ‘penal micro-economy’ in Surviving Russian Prisons: Punishment, Economy and Politics in Transition, Cullompton, Willan p. 85 - 104 Abstract Full-text link

Representations of the young

Nov 18, 2004

Griffin, C. (2004) ‘Representations of the young’ in Roche, J. Tucker, S., Thomson, R,. and Flynn, R. (eds) Youth in Society, 2nd edition, London, Sage. pp.10-18.

Policy and the punitive turn

Nov 18, 2005

Goldson, B. (2005) ‘Taking liberties: Policy and the punitive turn’ in Hendrick, H. (ed) Child Welfare and Social Policy: An Essential Reader, Bristol Policy Press. pp. 255-267.

Comparative Penology

Jan 1, 2006

1. Cavadino, M. and Dignan, J. (2006) ‘Introducing comparative penology’, from Penal Systems: A Comparative Approach, London: Sage, pp.10-39

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Penal Populism

Nov 18, 2007

Expertly drawing on international examples and existing literature, Penal Populism closes a gap in the field of criminology. In this fascinating expose of current crime policy John Pratt examines the role played by penal populism on trends in contemporary penal policy. Penal populism is associated with the public's decline of deference to the criminal justice establishment amidst alarm that crime is out of control. Pratt argues that new media technology is helping to spread national insecuritie