Christie, Nils

Crime Control as Industry

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ISBN 13:: 9781138690127
author:: Christie, Nils
format:: Paperback (28 Sep 2016)
publisher:: Routledge
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2016
Pages:: 254
Dimensions:: 19.56 x 12.7 x 1.52 centimetres
Genre:: Criminology Family Sociology Textbook
Condition:: New
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Crime Control As Industry Towards Gulags, Western Style by Nils Christie is a thought-provoking analysis of the modern penal system. Christie argues that the growth in prison populations, particularly in Russia and America, has created a vast and increasingly rapacious industry focused on incarceration. This industry prioritizes profit over rehabilitation, with confinement and pain being products with virtually unlimited resources. Christie's work highlights the need for restorative justice and challenges the notion that crime control is the primary concern. His insights and proposed solutions are timely and relevant to anyone interested in understanding the global penal system. This Routledge Classics edition includes a new foreword by David Garland, providing additional context and perspective on Christie's influential ideas. This book offers a critical examination of the modern penal system, exploring its underlying dynamics and the consequences for individuals and society.

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