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Justice Reinvestment: Winding Back Imprisonment (Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology)
Brown, David, Cunneen, Chris, Schwartz, Melanie, Stubbs, Julie, Young, Courtney
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Description for Justice Reinvestment: Winding Back Imprisonment (Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology)
Hardcover. This book examines justice reinvestment from its origins, its potential as a mechanism for winding back imprisonment rates, and its portability to Australia, the United Kingdom and beyond. It argues for a community-driven approach, originating in vulnerable Indigenous communities with high imprisonment rates. Series: Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKVP; LAQ; LAR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 237 x 23. Weight in Grams: 516.
Justice reinvestment was introduced as a response to mass incarceration and racial disparity in the United States in 2003. This book examines justice reinvestment from its origins, its potential as a mechanism for winding back imprisonment rates, and its portability to Australia, the United Kingdom and beyond. The authors analyze the principles and processes of justice reinvestment, including the early neighborhood focus on 'million dollar blocks'. They further scrutinize the claims of evidence-based and data-driven policy, which have been used in the practical implementation strategies featured in bipartisan legislative criminal justice system reforms.
This book takes a comparative approach to ... Read more
Justice reinvestment was introduced as a response to mass incarceration and racial disparity in the United States in 2003. This book examines justice reinvestment from its origins, its potential as a mechanism for winding back imprisonment rates, and its portability to Australia, the United Kingdom and beyond. The authors analyze the principles and processes of justice reinvestment, including the early neighborhood focus on 'million dollar blocks'. They further scrutinize the claims of evidence-based and data-driven policy, which have been used in the practical implementation strategies featured in bipartisan legislative criminal justice system reforms.
This book takes a comparative approach to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology
Number of Pages
291
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137449108
SKU
V9781137449108
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Ref
99-15
About Brown, David, Cunneen, Chris, Schwartz, Melanie, Stubbs, Julie, Young, Courtney
David Brown is Emeritus Professor in the Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales, Australia, and Adjunct Professor at the School of Justice, Queensland University of Technology, Australia. Chris Cunneen is Professor of Criminology in the School of Social Sciences, University of New South Wales, Australia, and Adjunct Professor at the Cairns Institute, James Cook University, Australia. Melanie Schwartz ... Read more
Reviews for Justice Reinvestment: Winding Back Imprisonment (Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology)
“This book is … a major contribution to Australian public criminology, and the specific issue of the over-incarceration of Aboriginal people across Australia. … As Australia addresses both the overall increases in incarceration, and the specific hyperincarceration of Aboriginal people, this book provides essential reading … for academics, and government and non-government agencies hoping to make a difference.” (Bronwyn Naylor, ... Read more