Dangerous Politics

Risk, Political Vulnerability, and Penal Policy

Datos Bibliográficos

ID19984835
AutoresCarl Dahlhaus, Harry Annison (0000-0001-6042-038X, autor de correspondencia), Ruth Katz
Año2015
Páginas288
Fecha de publicación2015-10-01
Open AccessNo
TipoBOOK
RevistaDangerous Politics (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198728603.001.0001
OpenAlexW2259134534
Open LibraryOL28578180M
ISBN9780198728603
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas11

This book brings together relevant literature in law, criminology, and politics to provide insights into the nature of British penal politics, the role of the judiciary and pressure groups, and the interrelation between risk, the 'public voice', and penal politics. It presents a detailed case study of the IPP story: the creation and eventual demise of the Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentence. The book raws on over 60 in-depth interviews with key policymakers to investigate the beliefs, traditions, and political processes that propelled these developments. Standing as one of the most striking examples of the expansion of preventive goals in sentencing policy, this study of the IPP story stands as a cautionary tale, with important lessons for Australia, Canada, the United States, and other nations that continue to pursue preventive goals

Criminal justice · Criminology · Demise · Imprisonment · Political science · Politics · Population · Prison · Sentence · Sociology · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Law · Philosophy · Criminal procedure · Great britain · Sentences (criminal procedure)