Decisions to imprison: court decision - making inside and outside the law
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
/ Rasmus H. Wandall
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Aldershot, England; Burlington, VT
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
: Ashgate
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, 2008.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
x, 203 p.
SERIES
Series Title
(Advances in criminology)
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-199) and index
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Introduction -- Inside and outside the law -- The legal framework of decisions to imprison -- Decisions to imprison : a statistical point of view -- Description of the court and of the case-handling -- Organizing courtroom communication -- Decisions to imprison in the courtroom -- Ideologies of imprisonment in the courtroom -- Decisions to imprison inside and outside the law -- Closing perspectives