Description
In this title, the author examines how penal policies emanating from the United States have spread thoughout the world. The author argues that the policies have their roots in a network of Reagan-era conservative think tanks, which used them as weapons in their crusade to dismantle the welfare state and, in effect, criminalise poverty.
Author: Loïc Wacquant
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 03/01/2010
Pages: 232
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9780816639014
ISBN10: 0816639019
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Penology
- Social Science | Sociology | General
- Social Science | Criminology
Author: Loïc Wacquant
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 03/01/2010
Pages: 232
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9780816639014
ISBN10: 0816639019
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Penology
- Social Science | Sociology | General
- Social Science | Criminology
About the Author
Loïc Wacquant is professor of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley, and researcher at the Centre de sociologie européenne, Paris.