Punitive criminal justice in contemporary society.
This paper examines the influence of so-called popular punitivism on contemporary society. Concerted efforts by policy makers have, in recent times, promoted the use of punitive criminal justice methods and rhetoric to maintain a castigatory sentiment amongst the public. This has lead to the accepta...
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School of Business Law , Curtin University of Technology
2008
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/39029 |