Symbol, Substance, and Severity in Western Penal Policies

Punishment & Society

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 517-536

  Tonry, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

imprisonment; normative cycles; populist punitivism; punishment; sensibilities; tolerance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993728240     PISSN: 14624745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/14624740122228401     Document Type: Article

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