TY - CHAP
T1 - The road well traveled in Australia
T2 - Ignoring the past, condemning the future
AU - Freiberg, Arie
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Identifying the nature and causes of penal change over decades can be a fraught exercise, particularly where those changes are gradual and the reasons for changes are diffuse. Like climate change and weather patterns, Australia’s rising prison population is the product of forces that are also evident in Western Anglophonic societies but that vary in scale and speed depending on local conditions. These forces include penal populism, media influences, risk aversion, and distrust of the judiciary. Changes in the balance of power between the legislature, the judiciary, and the executive, increasing the power of the former and restricting the discretionary powers of the latter, all contribute to increasing prison numbers and more persons under correctional supervision.But where some jurisdictions have seen the cost and futility of continuous expansion of penal populations and appear inclined to draw back,Australia seems determined to follow this senseless path.
AB - Identifying the nature and causes of penal change over decades can be a fraught exercise, particularly where those changes are gradual and the reasons for changes are diffuse. Like climate change and weather patterns, Australia’s rising prison population is the product of forces that are also evident in Western Anglophonic societies but that vary in scale and speed depending on local conditions. These forces include penal populism, media influences, risk aversion, and distrust of the judiciary. Changes in the balance of power between the legislature, the judiciary, and the executive, increasing the power of the former and restricting the discretionary powers of the latter, all contribute to increasing prison numbers and more persons under correctional supervision.But where some jurisdictions have seen the cost and futility of continuous expansion of penal populations and appear inclined to draw back,Australia seems determined to follow this senseless path.
M3 - Chapter (Book)
SN - 9780226337579
VL - 45
T3 - Crime and Justice: A Review of Research
SP - 419
EP - 457
BT - Sentencing Policies and Practices in Western Countries
A2 - Tonry, Michael
PB - The University of Chicago Press
CY - Chicago IL USA
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