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Crime, punishment, and politics in comparative perspective edited by Michael Tonry. - Chicago University Of Chicago Press c2007. - ix, 673 p. ill. 24 cm. - Crime and justice v. 36 0192-3234 .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Determinants of penal policy / Michael Tonry -- Comparative penology in perspective / Jean-Paul Brodeur -- Visions of penal control in the Netherlands / David Downes -- Penal policy and practice in Belgium / Sonja Snacken -- Penal policy in Scandinavia / Tapio Lappi-Seppala -- Punitive trends and stable imprisonment rates in Canada / Cheryl Marie Webster and Anthony N. Doob -- Crime and punishment in contemporary Japan / David T. Johnson -- Tough on crime : penal policy in England and Wales / Tim Newburn -- The illusion of severity in French criminal justice policy / Sebastian Roché -- Pardons and amnesties as policy instruments in contemporary France / René Lévy -- Comparing penal cultures : responses to child-on-child homicide in England and Norway / David A. Green.

ISBN: 9780226808635 (cloth : alk. paper) 0226808637 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780226808642 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0226808645 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780226080635 0226080633 9780226080642 (pbk.) 0226080641 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2007009846

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Criminal justice, Administration of--Cross-cultural studies.
Crime--Government policy--Cross-cultural studies.
Punishment--Cross-cultural studies.

LC Class. No.: HV 6001 / .C672

Dewey Class. No.: 364