The Penal System: An IntroductionNow fully revised, this highly successful textbook provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to the penal system in England and Wales. Michael Cavadino and James Dignan examine all aspects of the penal process, including details of the recent dramatic developments which have made the punishment of offenders and the escalating `penal crisis' one of the most hotly debated issues of the day. They also outline the theories which purport to justify and explain the practice of punishment and consider their value in helping us understand the penal system. The Second Edition presents a stimulating account of the current crisis. The authors argue that the penal system not only suffers from severe practical pr |
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... Reintegrative Shaming Michel Foucault ( 1977 : 130 ) says of penological ' classicists ' such as Beccaria ( of whom more shortly ) that they ' saw punishment as a procedure for requalifying individuals as subjects , as juridical ...
... Reintegrative Shaming Michel Foucault ( 1977 : 130 ) says of penological ' classicists ' such as Beccaria ( of whom more shortly ) that they ' saw punishment as a procedure for requalifying individuals as subjects , as juridical ...
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... reintegrative shaming of the offender . Offenders should be dealt with in a manner that shames them before other members of their community . But the shaming should not be of a ' stigmatizing ' nature which will tend to exclude them ...
... reintegrative shaming of the offender . Offenders should be dealt with in a manner that shames them before other members of their community . But the shaming should not be of a ' stigmatizing ' nature which will tend to exclude them ...
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... reintegrative shaming ' ( see Chapter 2 ) - provides a prescription not for greater punitiveness but for much less harsh levels of punishment than we currently indulge in , together with a shift towards a different approach which , we ...
... reintegrative shaming ' ( see Chapter 2 ) - provides a prescription not for greater punitiveness but for much less harsh levels of punishment than we currently indulge in , together with a shift towards a different approach which , we ...
Contents
Crisis? What Crisis? | 8 |
Justifying Punishment | 32 |
Explaining Punishment | 58 |
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