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Civilization and Barbarism

Punishing Criminals in the Twenty-First Century

By: Graeme R. Newman

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Civilization and Barbarism

Punishing Criminals in the Twenty-First Century

By: Graeme R. Newman

The practice of mass incarceration has come under increasing criticism by criminologists and corrections experts who, nevertheless, find themselves at a loss when it comes to offering credible, practical, and humane alternatives. In Civilization and Barbarism, Graeme R. Newman argues this impasse has arisen from a refusal to confront the original essence of punishment, namely, that in some sense it must be painful. He begins with an exposition of the traditional philosophical justifications for punishment and then provides a history of criminal punishment. He shows how, over time, the West abandoned short-term corporal punishment in favor of longer-term incarceration, justifying a massive bureaucratic prison complex as scientific and civilized. Newman compels the reader to confront the biases embedded in this model and the impossibility of defending prisons as a civilized form of punishment. A groundbreaking work that challenges the received wisdom of "corrections," Civilization and Barbarism asks readers to reconsider moderate corporal punishment as an alternative to prison and, for the most serious offenders, forms of incapacitation without prison. The book also features two helpful appendixes: a list of debating points, with common criticisms and their rebuttals, and a chronology of civilized punishments.

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State University of New York Press

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1438478135

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Comparative Deviance

Perception and Law in Six Cultures

By: Graeme R. Newman,Marvin E. Wolfgang

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Comparative Deviance

Perception and Law in Six Cultures

By: Graeme R. Newman,Marvin E. Wolfgang

Comparative Deviance" represents a systematic attempt to survey public perceptions of deviant behavior cross-culturally: in India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Yugoslavia and the United States. There is extensive diversity in both law and perception concerning such deviances as taking drugs, homosexuality, and abortion, yet there is evidence for a basically invariant structure in perception of deviance across all cultures. Within the countries studied in this volume, Geraeme Newman discovers that the strength of religious belief and urban rural background accounted for major differences in the perception of deviance - when differences were identified.Contrary to popular academic opinion in the United States, Newman finds that those countries with the most liberal laws on deviance (i.e., the least punitive sanctions) are also those highly economically developed and least totalitarian (United States and Italy). But when public opinion is considered, the public favors harsher punishments than the law provides. In contrast, in the developing countries of India, Iran and Indonesia, where penal sanctions are more severe, public opinion is much more liberal. The crucial question is the role criminal law plays in the process of modernization: whether law is a stable cultural influence, round which public opinion wavers in a startling fashion, depending on the stage of modernization.These findings challenge many assumptions of conflict theory in sociology, of cultural relativism in anthropology, and of ethical relativism in moral philosophy. All findings are examined in relation to research on modernization, social development, and the evolution of law. These fundamental issues are thus important to many different disciplines across the board.

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Routledge

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1351527312

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9781351527316

Policing Terrorism

An Executive's Guide

By: Graeme R. Newman,R. V. G. Clarke

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Policing Terrorism

An Executive's Guide

By: Graeme R. Newman,R. V. G. Clarke

This manual is designed to help police executives and other senior executives meet the new challenges involved in countering the threat of terrorism by summarizing writings on the essential components of a counterterrorism plan. The first three parts of the manual address the preparatory steps of the executives preparing themselves and their agencies for the efforts to follow, understanding the threat, and development of a plan and a support network. The last three parts of the manual cover in more depth the three essential components of a counterterrorism plan: developing intelligence on possible terrorists; identifying and protecting major targets; and expanding disaster-response capabilities to encompass the response to a terrorist attack. Illus.

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DIANE Publishing

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1437934803

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9781437934809

Superhighway Robbery

By: Graeme R. Newman,Ronald Clarke

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Superhighway Robbery

By: Graeme R. Newman,Ronald Clarke

This book analyzes the expanding crime opportunities created by the Internet and e-commerce, and it explains how concepts of crime prevention developed in other contexts can be effectively applied in this new environment. The authors note that the Internet and associated e-commerce constitute a lawless "wild frontier" where users of the Internet can anonymously exploit and victimize other users without a high risk of being detected, arrested, prosecuted, and punished. For acquisitive criminals who seek to gain money by stealing it from others, e-commerce through the Internet enables them to "hack" their way into bank records and transfer funds for their own enrichment. Computer programs that are readily available for download on the Web can be used to scan the Web for individual computers that are vulnerable to attack. By using the Internet addresses of other users or using another person's or organization's computers or computing environment, criminals can hide their trails and escape detection. After identifying the multiple opportunities for crime in the world of e-commerce, the book describes specific steps that can be taken to prevent e-commerce crime at particular points of vulnerability. The authors explain how two aspects of situational crime prevention can prevent Internet crime. This involves both a targeting of individual vulnerabilities and a broad approach that requires partnerships in producing changes and modifications that can reduce or eliminate criminal opportunities. The authors apply the 16 techniques of situational crime prevention to the points of vulnerability of the e-commerce system. The points of vulnerability are identified and preventive measures are proposed. In discussing the broad approach of institutionalized and systemic efforts to police e-commerce, the book focuses on ways to increase the risks of detection and sanctions for crime without undue intrusions on the freedom and privacy of legitimate Internet and e-commerce users.

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Routledge

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1134000073

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Civilization and Barbarism

Punishing Criminals in the Twenty-First Century

By: Graeme R. Newman

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Punishing Criminals in the Twenty-First Century

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Just and Painful

A Case for the Corporal Punishment of Criminals

By: Graeme R. Newman

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Just and Painful

A Case for the Corporal Punishment of Criminals

By: Graeme R. Newman

In a book of compelling power and vision, Newman brings the heated debate over the control of crime back to where it belongs: the nature of punishment. And he argues that the crucial question we must ask is what kind of punishment, rather than how much of it, fits the crime. Although talking of corporal punishment without conjuring visions of torture is not easy; Newman makes his case persuasively.

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Criminal Justice Press

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0911577335

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9780911577334

Global Report on Crime and Justice

By: Graeme R. Newman,Centre for International Crime Prevention (United Nations)

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Global Report on Crime and Justice

By: Graeme R. Newman,Centre for International Crime Prevention (United Nations)

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Oxford University Press on Demand

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019513317X

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Book's by Graeme R. Newman

Civilization and Barbarism

Civilization and Barbarism

Comparative Deviance

Comparative Deviance

Policing Terrorism

Policing Terrorism

Superhighway Robbery

Superhighway Robbery

Civilization and Barbarism

Civilization and Barbarism

Just and Painful

Just and Painful

Global Report on Crime and Justice

Global Report on Crime and Justice

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