For penal moderation: Notes towards a public philosophy of punishment

Theoretical Criminology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 349-367

  Loader, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

moderation; penal culture; penal politics; public philosophy; sociology of punishment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955147185     PISSN: 13624806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362480610370166     Document Type: Article

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