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Thinking about punishment: penal policy across space, time, and discipline/ Michael Tonry

By: Tonry, MichaelMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: England: Ashgate, c2009Description: xxxv, 518 pISBN: 9780754629054DDC classification: 364.6

Contents:

I. Race and ethnicity. 1. Malign neglect -- 2. Ethnicity, crime, and immigration -- 3. The malign effects of drugs and crime control policies on Black Americans / with Matthew Melewski -- II. Comparative penal policy. 4. Symbol, substance, and severity in western penal policies -- 5. Punishment policies and patterns in western countries -- 6. Determinants of penal policies -- III. American penal policy. 7. Sense and sensibility in American penal culture -- 8. Cycles and sensibilities -- 9. Emerging explanations of American punishment policies -- IV. Sentencing policy. 10. Sentencing reform in America / with Norval Morris -- 11. Mandatory penalties -- 12. Sentencing matters -- 13. Purposes and functions of sentencing -- V. Punishment theory. 14. Interchangeability of punishments in principle / with Norval Morris -- 15. Proportionality, parsimony, and interchangeability of punishments -- 16. Obsolescence and immanence in penal theory and policy.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	364.6 TON/T (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P28735

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I. Race and ethnicity. 1. Malign neglect --
2. Ethnicity, crime, and immigration --
3. The malign effects of drugs and crime control policies on Black Americans / with Matthew Melewski --
II. Comparative penal policy. 4. Symbol, substance, and severity in western penal policies --
5. Punishment policies and patterns in western countries --
6. Determinants of penal policies --
III. American penal policy. 7. Sense and sensibility in American penal culture --
8. Cycles and sensibilities --
9. Emerging explanations of American punishment policies --
IV. Sentencing policy. 10. Sentencing reform in America / with Norval Morris --
11. Mandatory penalties --
12. Sentencing matters --
13. Purposes and functions of sentencing --
V. Punishment theory. 14. Interchangeability of punishments in principle / with Norval Morris --
15. Proportionality, parsimony, and interchangeability of punishments --
16. Obsolescence and immanence in penal theory and policy.

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