Penal Populism and Public Opinion :Lessons from Five Countries - Studies in Crime and Public Policy

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Penal Populism and Public Opinion

Penal Populism and Public Opinion :Lessons from Five Countries - Studies in Crime and Public Policy

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Although criminal justice systems vary greatly around the world, one theme has emerged in all western jurisdictions in recent years: a rise in both the rhetoric and practice of severe punishment at a time when public opinion has played a pivotal role in sentencing policy and reforms. Despite the differences among jurisdictions, startling commonalities exist among the five countries-the U.K., USA, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand-surveyed here. Drawing on the results of representative opinion surveys and other research tools the authors map public attitudes towards crime and punishment across countries and explore the congruence between public views and actual policies. Co-authored by four distinguished sentencing policy experts, Penal Populism and Public Opinion is a clarion call for limiting the influence of penal populism and instituting more informed, research-based sentencing policies across the western world.
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Type Book
ISBN13 9780195136234
ISBN10 0195136233
Number Of Pages 264
Item Weight 522 g
Product Dimensions 161 x 244 x 20 mm
Publisher / Reseller Oxford University Press Inc
Format hardback
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"Penal Populism and Public Opinion is an important contribution to the growing debate about how penal policy is made in late modern societies, and as such, deserves to be read well beyond North America."--Ottawa Law Review "Penal Populism and Public Opinion is an important contribution to the growing debate about how penal policy is made in late modern societies, and as such, deserves to be read well beyond North America."--Ottawa Law Review

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Author's Bio

Julian V. Roberts is Professor of Criminology at the University of Ottawa. Loretta Stalans is Professor of Psychology at Loyola University, Chicago. David Indemaur is a Professor at the Law School of the University of Western Australia. Mike Hough is a Professor in the Department of Social Policy at South Bank University, London.

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