Penal excess and penal exceptionalism: Welfare and imprisonment in anglophone and scandinavian societies

International and Comparative Criminal Justice and Urban Governance: Convergence and Divergence in Global, National and Local Settings

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 251-275

  Pratt, John ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

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EID: 84925626677     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511974953.010     Document Type: Chapter

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