About the book
Escalating resort to prisons, longer sentences, overcrowded and ineffective regimes, high rates of re-offending and eclectic penal policy all combine to fuel the crisis, whilst failing to reduce offending. This book argues that the symptoms of this penal malaise are grounded in the media sensationalism of crime.
Editions of Doing Justice Better
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- ISBN 9781904380344
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Escalating resort to prisons, longer sentences, overcrowded and ineffective regimes, high rates of re-offending and eclectic penal policy all combine to fuel the crisis, whilst failing to reduce offending. This book argues that the symptoms of this penal malaise are grounded in the media sensationalism of crime.
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What is Doing Justice Better about?
Escalating resort to prisons, longer sentences, overcrowded and ineffective regimes, high rates of re-offending and eclectic penal policy all combine to fuel the crisis, whilst failing to reduce offending. This book argues that the symptoms of this penal malaise are grounded in the media sensationalism of crime.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Doing Justice Better?
Society and Social Sciences > Social services and welfare, criminology > Crime and criminology > Penology and punishment
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How long is Doing Justice Better and how many pages does it have?
Doing Justice Better has 208 page(s)
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Doing Justice Better?
David J. Cornwell
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Doing Justice Better is available as paperback(ISBN 9781904380344)
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