Punishment and Modern Society

David (Reader in Law, Reader in Law, University of Edinburgh) Garland

Oxford University Press, 1990

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Arguing that penal institutions are social and cultural artefacts as well as techniques of crime control, this book explores how penality interacts with a variety of social forces including strategies of power, socio-economic structures and cultural sensibilities.

ISBN-13
9780198762393
ISBN-10
0198762399
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
1990
Publication date
1990-09-06
Pages
320
Dimensions
243x165x23
Weight
608