Reconceptualising the Moral Economy of Criminal Justice

A New Perspective

• Author(s): Philip Whitehead,
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 111
• ISBN_10: 1137468467
  ISBN_13: 9781137468468
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Philosophy / Political , Philosophy / Social , Social Science / Criminology , Philosophy / Ethics & Moral Philosophy , Social Science / Sociology / General , Social Science / Penology , Philosophy / General ,

Description:... This book reconceptualises the concept of moral economy in its relevance for, and application to, the criminal justice system in England and Wales. It advances the argument that criminal justice cannot be reduced to an instrumentally driven operation to achieve fiscal efficiencies or provide investment opportunities to the commercial sector.