Punishment and Incarceration : A Global Perspective.

Front Cover -- Punishment and Incarceration: A Global Perspective -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Introduction: The Prison World -- References -- Legitimacy and Punitiveness: The Role of Judicial Actors in Italian Penality -- Introduction - Punitiveness, Judges and Legitimacy -- Legitimacy and Punitiveness -- Legitimacy -- Punitiveness -- Judicial Contributions to Punishment - National and Theoretical Contexts -- The National Context - Italian Penality, Italian Judges -- The Theoretical Context - Institutional Models, Judicial Structure and Penality -- The Importance of Judicial Legitimacy -- Judicial Legitimacy - Waxing and Waning -- Waxing: Collaboration, Judicial Surrogacy and the Punitive Potential -- Waning: Surrogacy as Illegitimacy and Legislative Provisions Producing De facto Moderation -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Juvenile Justice and Incarceration in Turkey -- Introduction -- The Turkish Juvenile Justice System -- Basic Agents of the Juvenile Justice System -- Social Services and Child Protection Agency -- Juvenile Bureau of the Public Prosecutor -- Juvenile Police Division -- Juvenile Courts -- Regular Juvenile Courts -- Juvenile Serious Delinquency Courts -- Judges in Juvenile Courts -- Social Work Offices -- General Principles and Problems of Handling Juvenile Offenders -- Causes of Juvenile Delinquency and Incarceration -- How much of a Deterrent Is the Juvenile Justice System? -- Conclusion -- References -- The Trajectory of Penal Markets in a Period of Austerity: The Case of England and Wales -- Introduction -- Political Economy and Contemporary Penality -- Outsourcing Punishment -- Contract Managed Prisons -- Design, Finance, Construction and Management (DFCM) -- Outsourcing -- Mixed Markets -- Counting the Cost of Imprisonment.

Transforming Rehabilitation: A New Correctional Cartography -- 'A Multiple Train Crash' -- The State of the Market -- Accountability -- Playing (and Losing) the Market Game -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 'Ceci N'est Pas Une Fouille À Corps': The Denial of Strip Searches in Belgian Prisons -- Introduction -- Order in Prison and the European Regulation of Strip Searches -- Strip Searches in Belgium: A Brief History -- Phase 1 - Legal Innovation: Towards a Restricted Use of Strip Searches (1996-2005) -- Phase 2 - Bureaucratic Obstruction, Act I and Prisoners' Judicial Activism (2007-2013) -- Phase 3 - Legal Change: Introducing Systematic Strip Searches (February-September 2013) -- Phase 4 - Judicial Backlash (October 2013-January 2014) -- Phase 5 - Bureaucratic Obstruction, Act II (January 2014-…) -- A History of Interpretive Denial -- Conclusion -- References -- Stuck: Conditions of Canadian Confinement -- Introduction -- Early Days: The Start of Corrections in Canada -- More Recent Times: The 19th Century -- A New Era: Or More of the Same? -- Correctional Services of Canada Moving into the New Millennium: Current Realities -- Concerns in Corrections: Overcrowding -- Concerns in Corrections: Mental Health and Programs -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Women Prisoners: Theory and Reality in Mexico -- Introduction -- Women Doing Time in the European Union -- Women Doing Time in Mexico -- Women Doing Time in Islas Marías -- Imprisonment Conditions -- Stories of Female Inmates in Islas Marías -- Effects of Policies against Drugs in Latin America -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Three Waves of American Prison Development, 1790-1920 -- Introduction -- Early Republic: Revolutionary Offspring -- Jacksonian/Antebellum Period: From Crisis to Innovation -- Gilded Age and Progressive Era: Proliferation -- The Fate of Auburn-Style Prisons.

Reformatories -- Women's Prisons -- Southern Justice -- Convict Leasing -- Plantation-Style Prisons -- Decentering Prison -- Understanding the Trend -- Neo-Institutional Theory -- Explaining the Prison's Post-War Differentiation -- Implications -- References -- Native American Incarceration: A Neglected Problem? -- Introduction -- A Legal History of American Indians -- Criminal Jurisdiction in Indian Country -- American Indian Socioeconomic Status -- American Indian Health -- Native Americans in Jail or Prison -- Data on Native Americans -- Summary -- References -- Continued Imprisonment of Terminally Ill Prisoners in the United States: An International Human Rights Perspective -- Introduction -- Fundamental Principle of Proportionality of Punishment in the International Human Rights Context -- Proportionality of Punishment in Theory and Practice -- The Principle of "Equal Impact of Sanctions" in Legislation and Case Law -- Refining the Principle: An Exceptional Act of Mercy or a General Principle? -- Extending Fundamental Human Rights Principle to the Stage of Execution of Sanctions -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Sentencing and Incarceration in a Democratic South Africa -- Introduction -- Crime in South Africa -- Crime and Crime Statistics -- Crime Rates and Incarceration Figures -- Manipulation of Inmate Populations -- Awaiting-Trial Confrontation -- Sentencing -- Sources of Sentencing -- Legislation: The Constitution -- Legislation: Statutes -- Case Law -- Common Law -- Types of Sentences -- Mandatory Minimum Sentencing -- Sentencing of Children -- Sentencing and Incarceration of Women -- South African Courts as Sentencing Mechanism -- The Role of Correctional Services in Sentencing -- Correctional Management and Financial Planning -- Unit and Case Management in Relation to Sentencing -- Findings -- References -- Cases.

Punishment and Incarceration in Japan: A Net-Widening of Crime Control and a New Priority System of Prosecution -- Introduction -- Quantitative Changes of Crimes and Punishments -- Crimes and Criminals -- Prisons and Inmates -- Explanations of a Rising Phase (1998-2003) -- A Weakened or Broken Security and Safety Resulting in "Law and Order" -- Relations between the Labor Market and Prisoners -- Penal Populism Resulting in Harsher Punishments -- Explanations of a Falling Phase (2004-2011) -- A Victory of Struggle for Justice -- Changing Policies of Police Offices -- Changing Policies of the Prosecutors Office -- Changing Sentencing Standards in Courts -- Polarization of Criminal Policies -- Two Models of Criminal Policies -- A Rising Phase of Criminal Statistics -- A Falling Phase of Criminal Statistics -- Fiscal Crisis and Crime Control -- Consequences of a Fundamental Contradiction -- Fiscal Crisis Post-Bubble Economy in a Rising Phase -- Diversion from a Criminal Justice to a Welfare System -- Crisis Theoretical Analysis in a Falling Phase -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Gender and Imprisonment in Hong Kong -- Introduction -- The Early Years - It's a Man's World -- The First Women's Prison in Hong Kong - Interrupted by War -- Contemporary Trends -- Organizational Features -- Regime -- Expansion of Women's Imprisonment -- Responding to Changing Female Prisoner Population -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Government Documents.

This volume in the series Sociology of Crime, Law, and Deviance deals with aspects of punishment, including sentencing, incarceration, and prison conditions, in a variety of settings at local, national, and/or regional levels.

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