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John Pratt

Punishment and Civilization

Penal Tolerance and Intolerance in Modern Society

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`A lucid and fascinating account of how society initially comes to be viewed as 'civilized' on the basis of how it punishes its offenders, and the various numances and contradictions that form the backdrop to that 'civilization' prior to 1970 and the unraveling of that process thereafter. ...He [Pratt] has at the very least broadened the boundaries of the debate about the history of imprisonment in new and novel ways that will surely become a basis for future analysis' - The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice'In presenting and organizing such a wealth of historical material, John Pratt's book will be welcomed by those who teach and study the… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-7619-4753-0
  • EAN: 9780761947530
  • Produktnummer: 1574150
  • Verlag: Sage Publications UK
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
  • Seitenangabe: 226 S.
  • Masse: H23.4 cm x B15.6 cm x D1.2 cm 351 g
  • Abbildungen: Paperback
  • Gewicht: 351

Über den Autor


Professor John Pratt graduated in law from London University before studying criminology for graduate degrees at the universities of Keele and Sheffield in England. His research interests are in the areas of the sociology and history of punishment, and criminological and social theory.Professor Pratt has published extensively in these areas, including 'Punishment in a Perfect Society' (1993), 'Governing the Dangerous' (1998), 'Dangerous Offenders: Punishment and Social Order (with Mark Brown, 2000), 'Punishment and Civilization' (2002).Since 1997, Professor Pratt has been editor of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology.

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