00974nam a2200193 4500001000700000010001500007100004100022101000800063200007000071210004700141215001800188330046100206606001800667606001800685606002100703606001600724700002200740701001800762392353 a0803983441 a20140131d1992 y0pory50 ba aeng aThe penal systemean introductionfMichael Cavadino, James Dignan aLondon [etc.]cSage Publicationsdcop.1992 a298 p.d22 cm aIntroduction. 1 - Crisis? What crisis? 2 - Justifying punishment. 3 - Explaining punishment. 4 - Court decisions: the crux of the crisis. 5 - Prisons: expansion and explosion. 6 - Early release: the penal system's safety valve. 7 - Non-custodial penalties: towards decarceration or the punitive city? 8 - Young offenders: from system disaster to systems management? 9 - Bias in the criminal justice system. 10 - Solving the crisis? References. Cases cited. aSISTEMA PENAL aDIREITO PENAL aPENA DE PRISÀƒO aREINO UNIDO aCAVADINObMichael aDIGNANbJames