Democratic theory and mass incarceration

Democratic theory and mass incarceration / edited by Albert W. Dzur, Ian Loader, and Richard Sparks.

Despite its increasing visibility as a social issue, mass incarceration - and its inconsistency with core democratic ideals - rarely surfaces in contemporary political theory. Democratic Theory and Mass Incarceration seeks to overcome this puzzling disconnect by deepening the dialogue between democr...

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Other Authors: Dzur, Albert W., Loader, Ian, Sparks, Richard, 1961-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Subjects:
Imprisonment > Political aspects.
Criminal justice, Administration of > Political aspects.
Crime prevention.
Democracy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Penology.
Crime prevention
Criminal justice, Administration of > Political aspects
Democracy
Demokratie
Festnahme
United States of America.
Great Britain.
Prisons.
Detainees.
Criminal offences.
Prevention.
Public participation.
Criminology.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Democratic Theory and Mass Incarceration; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1 Punishment and Democratic Theory: Resources for a Better Penal Politics; Chapter 2 Democratic Politics in an Age of Mass Incarceration; Chapter 3 Civic Punishment; Chapter 4 Playing Fair with Imprisonment; Chapter 5 A Democratic Theory of Imprisonment; Chapter 6 Why Greater Public Participation in Criminal Justice?; Chapter 7 Punitive Restoration: Giving the Public a Say on Sentencing; Chapter 8 After Penal Populism: Punishment, Democracy, and Utopian Method
  • Chapter 9 Liberty, Justice, and All: The Folly of Doing Good by StealthChapter 10 Mass Incarceration and Public Opinion on Crime and Justice: From Democratic Theory to Method and Reality; Chapter 11 A Trade-​Off Between Safety and Democracy? An Empirical Investigation of Prison Violence and Inmate Self-​Governance; Chapter 12 Violent Crime, Constitutional Frameworks, and Mass Publics; Chapter 13 Democracy All the Way Down-​Deliberative Democracy and Criminal Law: The Case of Social Protests; Index

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