Punishment and Politics : Evidence and Emulation in The Making of English Cri...

by Tonry, Michael H

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Punishment and Politics : Evidence and Emulation in The Making of English Crime Control Policy, Hardcover by Tonry, Michael H., ISBN 1843920638, ISBN-13 9781843920632, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US This work analyzes why, in the early 1990s, England began to emulate the crime policies of the United States. The author suggests that bad policies are adopted by policy makers because of varying influences of evidence, ignorance, ideology, and self-interest and seeks to identify the relative impact of each on the adoption of the 2002 Criminal Justice Bill and 2003 Criminal Justice Act. He investigates the rhetoric and symbolism of crime-control policy and concludes that the Labour government decided to pursue "ineffective and mean-spirited crime-control policies" simply as a mechanism to achieve its perpetuation in power. He also looks at policy proposals and developments in sentencing, violence, and racial disparities, assessing the extent to which they are supported by research evidence. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()

• ISBN: 9781843920632
• Condition: Fine

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