Democratic Theory and Mass Incarceration

Datos Bibliográficos

ID20005429
EditoresAlbert Dzur, Ian Loader (0000-0002-6419-0486), Richard Sparks (0000-0003-4969-3525)
Año2016
Páginas360
Fecha de publicación2016-10-20
Open AccessNo
TipoBOOK
RevistaDemocratic Theory and Mass Incarceration (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190243098.001.0001
OpenAlexW2533078072
Open LibraryOL28607920M
ISBN9780190243098
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas15

This chapter introduces the central theme that animates the chapters in this volume: that one underexploited resource for a better penal politics lies in investigating the ideals and institutions of democracy, and thinking about how these ideals can be theorized and given practical effect in reshaping the criminal justice and penal arrangements of advanced capitalist democracies today. Penal scholarship has seen the emergence of a defensive, nostalgic orthodoxy, one that sees technocratic governance as the most plausible route out of penal excess. In contrast, this chapter makes the case for enriching the exchange between punishment and democratic theory. By paying closer attention to the unrealized promise of democratic values and commitments, we can sharpen the critique of mass incarceration, restrain the power and reach of the penal state, and focus greater attention on the question of how to reconstruct criminal justice institutions to make them agents of a deeper democracy

Criminal justice · Criminology · Democracy · Democratic ideals · Imprisonment · Mass incarceration · Normative · Political science · Politics · Prison · Punishment (psychology) · Restorative justice · Sociology · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology · Administration of Criminal justice · Crime prevention · Demokratie · Festnahme · Political aspects