Prisoners' Dilemma : Political Economy and Punishment in Contemporary Democra...
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Prisoners' Dilemma : Political Economy and Punishment in Contemporary Democra.... Prisoners' Dilemma : Political Economy and Punishment in Contemporary Democracies, Paperback by Lacey, Nicola, ISBN 0521728290, ISBN-13 9780521728294, Brand New, Free shipping in the US In response to popular anxiety about crime, the British criminal justice system has become increasingly politicized and that in the US become more severe. What do these conditions say about their respective governments? In 2007 Lacey (criminal law and legal theory, London School of Economics) joined the long list of distinguished scholars who have delivered lectures for the Hamlyn Trust. Here she argues that harsh punishment is not the inevitable fate of all contemporary democracies, and that key institutional differences between national systems help to explain why some are more capable of penal moderation than others. She explains the concept of "penal populism" and criminal justice in the perspective of political economy, and analyzes inclusion and exclusion under globalization. She also examines the relationship between coordinated market economies and penal moderation and the potential for reform of criminal justice policies in liberal market economies. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()
