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The question of dangerousness - how it should be defined and punished, and the ethical dilemmas associated with it - is a recurring theme of modern policy. This book addresses this question by explaining how dangerousness first became an object of penological discourse and why it has since remained so.
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About the Author
Professor John Pratt graduated in law from London University before studying criminology for graduate degrees at the universities of Keele and Sheffield in England. His research interests are in the areas of the sociology and history of punishment, and criminological and social theory. Professor Pratt has published extensively in these areas, including 'Punishment in a Perfect Society' (1993), 'Governing the Dangerous' (1998), 'Dangerous Offenders: Punishment and Social...
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- PublisherFederation Press
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 1862872678
- ISBN 13 9781862872677
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages218
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