Criminal Justice and Neoliberalism

• Author(s): E. Bell,
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Pages: 252
• ISBN_10: 0230251978
  ISBN_13: 9780230251977
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Political Science / Public Policy / Social Policy , Social Science / Criminology , Social Science / Sociology / General , Political Science / General , Political Science / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare , Social Science / Penology , Political Science / History & Theory ,

Description:... This book explores the origins of the so-called 'punitive turn' in penal policy across Western nations over the past two decades. It demonstrates how the context of neoliberalism has informed penal policy-making and argues that it is ultimately neoliberalism which has led to the recent intensification of punishment.