Emotions, Crime and Justice

Karstedt, Susanne. (Author). Loader, Ian. (Added Author). Strang, Heather. (Added Author).

Summary: The return of emotions to debates about crime and criminal justice has been a striking development of recent decades across many jurisdictions. This has been registered in the return of shame to justice procedures, a heightened focus on victims and their emotional needs, fear of crime as a major preoccupation of citizens and politicians, and highly emotionalised public discourses on crime and justice. But how can we best make sense of these developments? Do we need to create "emotionally intelligent" justice systems, or are we messing recklessly with the rational foundations of liber.

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ISBN: 1849461619
ISBN: 9781849461610
ISBN: 184731645X
ISBN: 9781847316455
Physical Description: 1 online resource (395 pages).
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Publisher: Oxford : Hart Pub., 2011.

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General Note:	Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Part IV Violence, Reconciliation and Conflict Resolution: Dealing with Collective Emotions13 Alienation, Love and Hate as Causes of Collective Violence; 14 Dealing with Emotions in Peacemaking; Part V Democracy and Penal Sentiments; 15 Divided Sympathies: David Hume and Contemporary Criminology; 16 The Power and Limits of Populism: An Illustration from Recent Penal Developments in New Zealand; 17 Playing with Fire? Democracy and the Emotions of Crime and Punishment; Index.
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