Countering catastrophic criminology: Reform, punishment and the modern liberal compromise

Punishment and Society

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 443-467

  Hutchinson, Steven ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Liberalism; Modernism; Neo liberalism; Punishment; Reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748291734     PISSN: 14624745     EISSN: 17413095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1462474506067567     Document Type: Article

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