Dangerous Politics : Risk, Political Vulnerability, and Penal Policy

Annison, Harry

ISBN 10: 0198728603 / ISBN 13: 9780198728603

Published by Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2015

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Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dangerous Politics : Risk, Political Vulnerability, and Penal Policy
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198728603
• ISBN 13: 9780198728603
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 1.102 pounds

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Synopsis

Draws on over 60 in-depth interviews with key policymakers to tease out the beliefs, traditions, and political processes that propelled the creation, contestation, and ultimate demise of the Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentence.

About the Author

Harry Annison, Lecturer in Law, School of Law, Southampton University

Dr Harry Annison is a Lecturer in Law at the Law School, Southampton University and a member of the University's Institute for Criminal Justice Research. His research interests centre upon the intersections between penal politics and criminological theory. He has also written on desistance from crime, judicial politics and is lead researcher for the Howard League for Penal Reform's 'Ideas for Justice/One Idea for Change' project.