Abstract
Prisons are everywhere. Yet they are not everywhere alike. How can we explain the differences in cross-national uses of incarceration? The Politics of Punishment explores this question by undertaking a comparative sociological analysis of penal politics and imprisonment in Ireland and Scotland.
| Original language | English |
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| Place of Publication | Milton |
| Number of pages | 206 |
| Publication status | Published - 17 May 2021 |
Keywords
- penal culture
- pastoral penality
- imprisonment
- punishment