Perspectives on Punishment: The Contours of Control

Armstrong, S. and McAra, L. (Eds.) (2006) Perspectives on Punishment: The Contours of Control. Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 9780199278763

Abstract

This book offers an incisive collection of contemporary research into the problems of crime control and punishment. It has three inter-related aims: to take stock of current thinking on punishment, regulation, and control in the early years of a new century and in the wake of a number of critical junctures, including 9/11, which have transformed the social, political, and cultural environment; to present a selection of the diverse epistemological and methodological frameworks which inform current research; and finally to set out some fruitful directions for the future study of punishment. The contributions to this collection cover some of the most exciting and challenging areas of current research including terrorism and the politics of fear, penality in societies in transition, penal policy and the construction of political identity, the impact of digital culture on modes of compliance, the emergent hegemony of information and surveillance systems, and the evolving politics of victim-hood. Taken together, this work draws connections between local problems of crime control, transnational forms of governance, and the ways in which certain political and jurisprudential discourses have come to dominate policy and practice in western penal systems.

• Item Type: Edited Books
• Keywords: Punishment, social control, criminal justice
• Status: Published
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Armstrong, Professor Sarah
• Subjects: H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Sociology Anthropology and Applied Social Sciences
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• ISBN: 9780199278763

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