Cavadino, Michael,  1953- <br/><br/>
Penal systems  :  a comparative approach / 
Michael Cavadino and James Dignan ; with Don Anspach ... [et al.]. 
 - xv, 380 pages ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Companion work to the main author's "The penal system". 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introducing comparative penology -- Globalized penal crisis? -- The United States of America : law and order ideology, hyperincarceration and looming crisis -- England and Wales : stop-go and the upwards zig-zag -- Australia and New Zealand : neo-liberal punitiveness down under -- South Africa : the transition from apartheid -- Germany : archetypal corporatism -- The Netherlands : a beacon of tolerance dimmed -- France and Italy : corporatism and Catholicism -- Sweden and Finland : nordic social democracy -- Japan : iron fist in a velvet penal glove -- Comparative youth justice -- Neo-liberal youth justice systems -- Youth justice systems : corporatist variants -- General patterns in youth justice? -- Prison privatization -- 'A boot stamping upon a human face forever'? 
<br/><br/> Using analysis of 12 countries, Michael Cavadino and James Dignan offer an international and integrated approach to comparative penology. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0761952020 9780761952022 0761952039 9780761952039 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Corrections--Cross-cultural studies.<br/>Imprisonment--Cross-cultural studies.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>364.6  / C 376