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 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780226808635 (cloth : alk. paper) 0226808637 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780226808642 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0226808645 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780226080635 0226080633 9780226080642 (pbk.) 0226080641 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007009846 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Criminal justice, Administration of--Cross-cultural studies.<br/>Crime--Government policy--Cross-cultural studies.<br/>Punishment--Cross-cultural studies.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV 6001  / .C672 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>364