Contrasts In Punishment: An Explanation Of Anglophone Excess And Nordic Exceptionalism (routledge Frontiers Of Criminal Justice)
by John Pratt /
2012 / English / PDF, EPUB
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Why do some modern societies punish their offenders differently
to others? Why are some more punitive and others more tolerant in
their approach to offending and how can these differences be
explained? Based on extensive historical analysis and fieldwork
in the penal systems of England, Australia and New Zealand
on the one hand and Finland, Norway and Sweden on the other, this
book seeks to answer these questions.
Why do some modern societies punish their offenders differently
to others? Why are some more punitive and others more tolerant in
their approach to offending and how can these differences be
explained? Based on extensive historical analysis and fieldwork
in the penal systems of England, Australia and New Zealand
on the one hand and Finland, Norway and Sweden on the other, this
book seeks to answer these questions.
The book argues that the penal differences that currently exist
between these two clusters of societies emanate from their early
nineteenth-century social arrangements, when the Anglophone
societies were dominated by exclusionary value systems that
contrasted with the more inclusionary values of the Nordic
countries. The development of their penal programmes over this
two hundred year period, including the much earlier demise of the
death penalty in the Nordic countries and significant differences
between the respective prison rates and prison conditions of the
two clusters, reflects the continuing influence of these values.
Indeed, in the early 21
The book argues that the penal differences that currently exist
between these two clusters of societies emanate from their early
nineteenth-century social arrangements, when the Anglophone
societies were dominated by exclusionary value systems that
contrasted with the more inclusionary values of the Nordic
countries. The development of their penal programmes over this
two hundred year period, including the much earlier demise of the
death penalty in the Nordic countries and significant differences
between the respective prison rates and prison conditions of the
two clusters, reflects the continuing influence of these values.
Indeed, in the early 21st
st century these differences
have become even more pronounced.
century these differences
have become even more pronounced.
John Pratt and Anna Eriksson offer a unique contribution to this
topic of growing importance: comparative research in
the history and sociology of punishment. This book will be of
interest to those studying criminology, sociology, punishment,
prison and penal policy, as well as professionals working in
prisons or in the area of penal policy across the six societies
that feature in the book.
John Pratt and Anna Eriksson offer a unique contribution to this
topic of growing importance: comparative research in
the history and sociology of punishment. This book will be of
interest to those studying criminology, sociology, punishment,
prison and penal policy, as well as professionals working in
prisons or in the area of penal policy across the six societies
that feature in the book.