Journal•ISSN: 1462-4745
Punishment & Society
SAGE Publishing
About: Punishment & Society is an academic journal published by SAGE Publishing. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Prison & Punishment. It has an ISSN identifier of 1462-4745. Over the lifetime, 902 publications have been published receiving 23422 citations. The journal is also known as: penalty.
Topics: Prison, Punishment, Imprisonment, Criminal justice, Economic Justice
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TL;DR: To explain the astounding overrepresentation of blacks behind bars that has driven mass imprisonment in the United States, one must break out of the ''crime-and-punishment'' paradigm to reckon the e...
Abstract: To explain the astounding over-representation of blacks behind bars that has driven mass imprisonment in the United States, one must break out of the `crime-and-punishment' paradigm to reckon the e...
1,087 citations
TL;DR: The rapid growth of the US penal population over the last two decades has coincided with a decline in the number of welfare recipients as mentioned in this paper, while shifts in crime rates, economic and political consideration...
Abstract: Rapid growth of the US penal population over the last two decades has coincided with a decline in the number of welfare recipients. While shifts in crime rates, economic and political consideration...
482 citations
TL;DR: The "pains of imprisonment" have been a longstanding concern within prison sociology and as discussed by the authors revisited the topic, suggesting that modern penal practices have created some new burdens and frust...
Abstract: The ‘pains of imprisonment’ have been a longstanding concern within prison sociology. This article revisits the topic, suggesting that modern penal practices have created some new burdens and frust...
431 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors claim that restorative justice is the opposite of retributive justice, and use indigenous justice practices and was the first step towards restoring justice in the United States.
Abstract: Advocates’ claims about restorative justice contain four myths: (1) restorative justice is the opposite of retributive justice; (2) restorative justice uses indigenous justice practices and was the...
377 citations
TL;DR: The authors examines the discrepancies between theories of risk and penality and emergent strategies of risk/need identification and management and concludes that the divergence between theories and strategies can be traced back to the emergence of risk management strategies.
Abstract: This article examines the discrepancies between theories of risk and penality and emergent strategies of risk/need identification and management. Working back from the strategies themselves, I argu...
351 citations