Penological Esperanto and Sentencing Parochialism: A Comparative Study of the Search for Non-Prison Punishments

by Malcolm Davies, Jukka-Pekka Takala, Jane Tyrer

A research study investigating sentencing policy reformation and developing non-prison forms of punishment in California, England, and Finland during the period between 1990 and 1995. Within focus groups, criminal justice officials respond to the effects of implementing community sanctions uncovering the cultural contexts giving meaning to the criminal law and criminal justice systems. The comparative study concludes that though there is a common vocabulary in criminal justice, significance varies according to diverse, parochial influences. Distributed by Ashgate. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

212 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 1996