The safety utopia : contemporary discontent and desire as to crime and punishment /

This book is about senseless violence and silent marches, about politics of decency and child pornography (and particularly about our abhorrence of it), about religion and living on the edge, about victims and offenders in that order, and especially about crime and punishment. The Safety Utopia is a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Boutellier, Hans
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [2004]
Subjects:	Crime. Criminal behavior. Criminal psychology. Victims of crimes. Criminal justice, Administration of. Punishment. Social Sciences, general. Law Theory/Law Philosophy. Philosophy. Criminology. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

From the contents: Preface. Introduction. I Morality and Risks. Realistic Discontent and Utopian Desire. The Safety Utopia
II Characters and Manifestations. The Pornographic Context of Sex Crimes. Senseless Violence and the Sound of Silent Marches. The Controversial Victim and the Offender
III Punishment, Control and Democracy. The Changing Meaning of Criminal Justice. Criminal Proceedings as Tragedy. Democratic Safety Policy. Closing Comments
References.