The SAGE Handbook of Punishment and Society

Introduction: Punishment and Society: The Emergence of an Academic Field - Jonathan Simon and Richard Sparks PART ONE: PUNISHMENT AND SOCIAL THEORY Punishment and Social Solidarity - David Garland Punishment and Political Economy - Alessandro de Giorgi Punishment and the Political Technologies of the Body - Jonathan Simon Punishment and 'The Civilizing Process' - John Pratt Punishment and Meaning: The Cultural Sociological Approach - Philip Smith Risk and Punishment - Kelly Hannah-Moffat Punishment and the Penal Field - Joshua Page PART TWO: MASS IMPRISONMENT AND ITS CONSEQUENCE Punishment and Inequality - Christopher Muller and Christopher Wildeman Gender and Punishment - Mary Bosworth and Emma Kaufman The Carceral State and the Politics of Punishment - Marie Gottschalk The Social Psychology of Mass Imprisonment - Mona Lynch Punishment, (Neo)Liberalism and Social Democracy - Nicola Lacey PART THREE: MODES OF PUNISHMENT Prisons Beyond the New Penology: The Shifting Moral Foundations of Prison Management - Alison Liebling and Ben Crewe Capital Punishment in the USA: Prospects and Possibilities - Austin Sarat Punishment in Society: The Improbable Persistence of Probation and Other Community Sanctions and Measures - Gwen Robinson, Fergus McNeil, and Shadd Maruna Youth Justice: In a Child's Best Interests? - John Muncie and Barry Goldson The Punishment Debate in Restorative Justice - Kathleen Daly Monetized Justice: Money and Punishment in Consumer Societies - Pat O'Malley PART FOUR: NEW CONTEXTS Punishment and Human Rights - Dirk van Zyl Smit Punishment and Migration Between Europe and the USA: A Transnational 'Less Eligibility'? - Dario Melossi Amnesties, Transnational Justice and Governing Through Mercy - Kieran McEvoy and Louise Mallinder Control without Punishment: Understanding Coercion - Liora Lazarus , Benjamin Goold and Caitlin Goss

'Three virtues set this collection apart from the usual handbook enterprise. The first is the broad range of topics and settings covered by the volume. The second is the international all-star cast of authors who contribute substantial essays. The third is the concluding section of the handbook that pushes beyond the conventional boundaries of penality in important and interesting ways. Simon and Sparks have assembled an indispensable tool for serious study of punishment and society' -- Franklin E. Zimring 'Simon and Sparks have brought together an eclectic array of notable scholars to explore the role of punishment in society. With a central concern on the prison as an institution of power and social control, the Handbook urges us to regard punishment, not as a correctional endeavour targeting deviant individuals, but in terms of its effects on the broader population and on governance. The Editors - who have themselves done much to shape the field - have succeeded in producing a volume written in a clear, erudite, yet pacey style throughout. The SAGE Handbook of Punishment and Society is hugely impressive in its range and sophistication and is a very welcome addition to the field' -- Yvonne Jewkes 'This is [an] engaging, well written book which will be useful to academics, policy makers, practitioners and those with a general interest in punishment and society. I don't think that it is an exaggeration to describe it as a 'bible' of punishment and society in that it collates and analyses past and present research, but also looks towards the future. In short, and in answering the initial necessity question, is this handbook needed, the answer is resoundingly yes' -- Dr Karen Harrison