Description

Book Synopsis
This volume of "Studies in Law, Politics, and Society" contains a Special Issue on crime and criminal justice. It brings together the work of scholars whose work usefully illuminates central questions in about how we define and process those who violate the criminal law and about the technologies of policing and punishment. The articles published here exemplify the exciting and innovative work now being done in interdisciplinary legal scholarship.

Table of Contents
List of Contributors. EDITORIAL BOARD. Zoning out disorder: assessing contemporary practices of urban social control. Aspects of non-democratic policing: the rise of the NAZI policing system. Protecting due process in a punitive era: an analysis of changes in providing counsel to the poor. Judicial discretion and the unfinished agenda of American bail reform: lessons from Philadelphia's evidence-based judicial strategy. Understanding mass incarceration as a grand social experiment. Supermax prisons and the trajectory of exception. Studies in law, politics, and society. Studies in law, politics, and society volume 47. Copyright page.

Studies in Law, Politics, and Society

    Product form

    A Hardback by Austin Sarat

    £81.99

    Includes FREE delivery

    Order before 4pm on Monday for delivery by Wed 11 Nov 2026.

    Out of stock

      Trusted by thousands of customers. See 2,385+ Customer Reviews

      View other formats and editions of Studies in Law, Politics, and Society by Austin Sarat

      Book details

      Publisher Emerald Publishing Limited
      Published 21 May 2009
      ISBN-13 9781848556522
      978-1848556522
      ISBN-10 1848556527
      Also in:
      Books by Austin Sarat

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This volume of "Studies in Law, Politics, and Society" contains a Special Issue on crime and criminal justice. It brings together the work of scholars whose work usefully illuminates central questions in about how we define and process those who violate the criminal law and about the technologies of policing and punishment. The articles published here exemplify the exciting and innovative work now being done in interdisciplinary legal scholarship.

      Table of Contents
      List of Contributors. EDITORIAL BOARD. Zoning out disorder: assessing contemporary practices of urban social control. Aspects of non-democratic policing: the rise of the NAZI policing system. Protecting due process in a punitive era: an analysis of changes in providing counsel to the poor. Judicial discretion and the unfinished agenda of American bail reform: lessons from Philadelphia's evidence-based judicial strategy. Understanding mass incarceration as a grand social experiment. Supermax prisons and the trajectory of exception. Studies in law, politics, and society. Studies in law, politics, and society volume 47. Copyright page.

      Recently viewed products

      © 2026 Book Curl

        • American Express
        • Apple Pay
        • Diners Club
        • Discover
        • Google Pay
        • Maestro
        • Mastercard
        • PayPal
        • Shop Pay
        • Union Pay
        • Visa

        Login

        Forgot your password?

        Don't have an account yet?
        Create account