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Harm in American Penology
Todd R. Clear
其他書名
Offenders, Victims, and Their Communities
出版State University of New York Press, 1994-11-22
主題Social Science / Criminology
ISBN079149926X9780791499269
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=GhrqM1-vz0UC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋This book analyzes the sources and results of the fourfold increase in the U.S. correctional population since 1970. It considers the following themes: the value of punitiveness, defined as penal harm; research on crime and criminals; concerns about victims of crime; and concerns about community safety. It also analyzes the relationship between social problems and penal harm, such as poverty and crime during the twenty-year period of correctional expansion.

The author argues that a careful review of proposals for expanded penal harm cannot be justified. The growth in corrections was not caused by crime nor has it reduced crime. Clear describes a new strategy for corrections based on his examination of the politics of social control and the growth in penal harm.