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Comparing Prison Systems
Toward a Comparative and International Penology
Edited by
Robert P. Weiss
State University of New York at Plattsburgh
Nigel South
University of Essex, England
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Comparing prison systems: toward a comparative and international penology. - (International studies in global change; v. 8)
1. Prisons - Cross-cultural studies 2. Imprisonment Cross-cultural studies
I. Weiss, Robert P. II. South, Nigel 365
ISBN 90-5700-511-5
To
the memory of my mother and father
Maria and Rudolf Weiss Sr.
RPW
my mother Lily South
and the memory of my father Geoffrey South
NS
CONTENTS
Introduction to the Series
Acknowledgements
About the Contributors
INTRODUCTION: CRIME, PUNISHMENT AND THE «STATE OF PRISONS» IN A CHANGING WORLD
Nigel South and Robert P. Weiss
Part I The Americas
1 PUNISHMENT IN THE AMERICAN DEMOCRACY: THE PARADOXES OF GOOD INTENTIONS
Dario Melossi and Mark G. Lettiere
2 CANADIAN PRISONS
ob Gaucher and John Lowman
3 THE CRISIS IN MEXICAN PRISONS: THE IMPACT OF THE UNITED STATES
J. Michael Olivero
4 THE STATE OF PRISONS AND PRISONERS IN FOUR COUNTRIES OF THE ANDEAN REGION
Rosa del Olmo
Part II Europe
5 THE BUCKLING OF THE SHIELDS: DUTCH PENAL POLICY 1985-1995
David Downes
6 POWER, PUNISHMENT AND PRISONS IN ENGLAND AND WALES 1975-1996
Mick Ryan and Joe Sim
7 THE COUNTRY OF CESARE BECCARIA: THE MYTH OF REHABILITATION IN ITALY
Vincenzo Ruggiero
8 GERMANY: UPS AND DOWNS IN THE RESORT TO IMPRISONMENT - STRATEGIC OR UNPLANNED OUTCOMES?
Hartmut Weber and Johannes Feest
9 PENAL PRACTICE AND SOCIAL THEORY IN POLAND BEFORE AND AFTER THE EVENTS OF 1989
Monika Platek
Part III East Asia, The Pacific, and South Africa
10 FACING DIFFERENCE: RELATIONS, CHANGE AND THE PRISON SECTOR
IN CONTEMPORARY CHINA
Michael Dutton and Xu Zhangrun
11 THE JAPANESE EXPERIENCE: EFFECTS OF DECREASING RESORT TO IMPRISONMENT
Elmer H. Johnson
12 PENALITY AND IMPRISONMENT IN AUSTRALIA
David Brown
13 CHANGE AND CONTINUITY IN SOUTH AFRICAN PRISONS
Dirk van Zyl Smit
14 CONCLUSION: IMPRISONMENT AT THE MILLENNIUM 2000 - ITS VARIETY AND PATTERNS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD