Reconceptualising penality :

a comparative perspective on punitiveness in Ireland, Scotland and New Zealand /
Claire Hamilton.
Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Hamilton, Claire, (Barrister)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published / Created: Farnham, Surrey, UK : Ashgate, 2014.
Series:Advances in criminology.
Subjects:
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-222) and index.

Physical description: xvi, 233 pages : graphs ; 24 cm.

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Table of Contents:
'Theory is not its own justification' : testing the punitiveness thesis
'It hasn't happened here...' : the limits of the punitiveness thesis
Ireland 1976-2006 : stagnation and change
Scotland 1976-2006 : from divergence to convergence
New Zealand 1976-2006 : perfecting the 'perfect society'
The measurement of punitiveness
The 'new punitiveness' in Ireland, Scotland and New Zealand
Explaining differences
Reconceptualising penality.