| #4792882 in Books | Ruggiero Vincenzo | 2010-09-30 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 5.75 x.75 x8.75l,1.00 | File type: PDF | 256 pages | Penal Abolitionism||About the Author||Vincenzo Ruggiero is Professor of Sociology at Middlesex University in London. He has published fifteen books and several articles in academic journals. He has conducted research on behalf of the ESRC, the European Commission a
Abolitionism is not only a strategy or a set of demands, aimed at the reduction (or suppression) of custody, it is also a perspective, a philosophy, an approach which challenges conventional definitions of crime. This book examines the origin, philosophy and achievements of abolitionism and reviews the literature on penal abolitionism from the 1960s to the 1980s.
By collecting and discussing the key abolitionist arguments, the author critically analyzes the views...
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