Bibliograph

Crime control as industry, towards gulags, Western style, Nils Christie

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Crime control as industry, towards gulags, Western style, Nils Christie

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [203]-209)

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Crime control as industry

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

45129067

Responsibility statement

Nils Christie

Sub title

towards gulags, Western style

Summary

Publisher's description: This classic text argues that crime control, rather than crime itself is the real danger for our future. Since the second edition was published in 1994, prison populations, especially in Russia and America, have grown at an increasingly rapid rate. This third edition is published to take account of these changes and draw attention to the scale of an escalating problem. It contains completely new chapters - one on 'penal geography', the other on 'the Russian case' - and has been extensively revised

Table Of Contents

Efficiency and decency -- The eye of God -- Penal geography -- Why are there so few prisoners? -- Why are there so many prisoners? -- The Russian case -- USA--the trend-setter -- Crime control as a product -- Conflicting values -- Modernity in decisions -- Justice done, or managed? -- Modernity and behaviour control -- Crime control as culture

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