How iron is the iron cage of new penology?: The role of human agency in the implementation of criminal justice policy

Punishment and Society

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 313-340

  Cheliotis, Leonidas K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actuarialism; Human agency; Managerialism; New penology; Resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744925175     PISSN: 14624745     EISSN: 17413095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1462474506064700     Document Type: Article

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