Penal Culture and Hyperincarceration: The Revival of the Prison (Advances in Criminology)

by David Brown (Author), Mark Brown (Author), EileenBaldry (Author), Alex Steel (Author), Melanie Schwartz (Author), Chris Cunneen (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2013

  $162.25

  Using penal culture as a conceptual and theoretical vehicle, and Australia as a case study, this book analyses international developments in penality and imprisonment. Authored by some of Australia's leading penal theorists, the book examines the historical and contemporary influences on the use of the prison, with analyses of colonialism.