This book provides in-depth, orignal and critical analyses by leading scholars of the penal systems of 16 nations around the world, focusing on changes in social structure, culture and punishment since 1975. Contributors provide an international and comparative context in which to understand the impact of recent profound economic, social and political changes on penal theory and practice.
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" Weiss and South have put together a book that should become a criminological classic. In my 25 years as a criminologist I have never seen anything like this! A must read for all concerned about the future of the world."
Introduction to the Series xiii Acknowledgments xv About the Contributors xvii Introduction: Crime, Punishment and the ``State of Prisons in a Changing World 1(20) Nigel South Robert P. Weiss Part I The Americas Punishment in the American Democracy: the Paradoxes of Good Intentions 21(40) Dario Melossi Mark G. Lettiere Canadian Prisons 61(38) Bob Gaucher John Lowman The Crisis in Mexican Prisons: the Impact of the United States 99(16) J. Michael Olivero The State of Prisons and Prisoners in Four Countries of the Andean Region 115(28) Rosa del Olmo Part II Europe The Buckling of the Shields: Dutch Penal Policy 1985--1995 143(32) David Downes Power, Punishment and Prisons in England and Wales 1975--1996 175(32) Mick Ryan Joe Sim The Country of Cesare Beccaria: the Myth of Rehabilitation In Italy 207(26) Vincenzo Ruggiero Germany: UPS and Downs in the Resort to Imprisonment---Strategic or Unplanned Outcomes? 233(30) Hartmut Weber Johannes Feest Penal Practice and Social Theory in Poland Before and After the Events of 1989 263(26) Monika Ptatek Part III East Asia, The Pacific, and South Africa Facing Difference: Relations, Change and the Prison Sector in Contemporary China 289(48) Michael Dutton Xu Zhangrun The Japanese Experience: Effects of Decreasing Resort to Imprisonment 337(30) Elmer H. Johnson Penality and Imprisonment in Australia 367(34) David Brown Change and Continuity in South African Prisons 401(26) Dirk van Zyl Smit Conclusion: Imprisonment at the Millennium 2000---Its Variety and Patterns Throughout the World 427(56) Robert P. Weiss Index 483
Nigel South University of Essex, Robert P. Weiss
