John (Hrsg.) Pratt

Criminal Justice, Risk and the Revolt against Uncertainty

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This book examines the impact and implications of the relationship between risk and criminal justice in advanced liberal democracies, in the context of the 'revolt against uncertainty' which has underpinned the rise of populist politics across these societies in recent years. It asks what impact the demands for more certainty and security, and the insistence that national identity be reasserted, will have on criminal law and penal policy. Drawing upon contributions made at a symposium held at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand in November 2018, this edited collection also discusses the way in which risk has come to inform sentenci… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Anderson, Jordan (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-3-030-37948-3
EAN: 9783030379483
Produktnummer: 33717914
Verlag: Springer-Verlag GmbH
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Seitenangabe: 354 S.
Plattform: PDF
Masse: 5'568 KB
Auflage: 1st ed. 2020
Abbildungen: 5 schwarz-weiße Abbildungen, Bibliographie

Über den Autor

John Pratt is Professor of Criminology at the Institute of Criminology, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. His fields of research are comparative penology and the history and sociology of punishment. He has published in eleven languages and has been invited to lecture at universities in South America, North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. His books include Punishment and Civilization (2002), Penal Populism (2007) and Contrasts in Punishment (2013).Jordan Anderson is currently completing her PhD in Criminology at the Institute of Criminology at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Her research focuses on risk and dangerousness in modern society, with particular attention to post-sentence regulation of sex offenders in New Zealand. Jordan's research interests include risk, post-sentence regulation, sentencing, and youth justice.