The anthropology of neoliberalism has become polarised between a hegemonic economic
model anchored by variants of and an insurgent approach fuelled by derivations of the …

The sociology of punishment has developed a rich understanding of the social and historical
forces that have transformed American penality during the last 40 years. But whereas these …

While previous synthesis research studies have found income inequality to be the most
consistent predictor of crime at the cross-national level, recent comparative research studies …

Prison population rates in many European countries have increased until the beginning of
the 21st century. Prison overcrowding and questions around the 'New Punitiveness' have …

A antropologia do neoliberalismo se polarizou entre um modelo econômico hegemônico,
ancorado por variantes do domínio de mercado, e uma abordagem rebelde, alimentada por …

The question mark in the short title of this book, European Penology?, should alert the
reader to two important but difficult questions that troubled us as editors as we began to …

The article gives an overview of major changes in Nordic penal policies during the last 50
years. Three main threads are distinguished. From the late 1960s onwards the use of …

This article draws on a study of differential treatment of young people in the youth justice
system to present a typology of styles of policing that contrasts procedural justice with …

This article critically reflects upon the social work field engaging the issue of domestic
violence and its relationship to the criminal legal system in the USA. The historical trajectory …

By analysing French and German police stop and search on the streets based on embedded
observations in police patrols and findings of a large school survey, this article …