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CAVADINO, Michael, e outro
The penal system : an introduction / Michael Cavadino, James Dignan.- London [etc.] : Sage Publications, cop.1992.- 298 p. ; 22 cm
ISBN 0-8039-8344-1


SISTEMA PENAL, DIREITO PENAL, SISTEMA PRISIONAL, PENA DE PRISÃO, REINO UNIDO

Introduction. 1 - Crisis? What crisis? 2 - Justifying punishment. 3 - Explaining punishment. 4 - Court decisions: the crux of the crisis. 5 - Prisons: expansion and explosion. 6 - Early release: the penal system's safety valve. 7 - Non-custodial penalties: towards decarceration or the punitive city? 8 - Young offenders: from system disaster to systems management? 9 - Bias in the criminal justice system. 10 - Solving the crisis? References. Cases cited.