Penal Strategies in a Welfare State

A review essay on David Garland's Punishment and Welfare: A History of Penal Strategies (Vermont: Gower Publications, 1985 [see listing in IRPS No. 34]). Garland describes how Victorian penal institutions were radically transformed in the 1880s & 1890s as a result of economic & social c...

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Published in:Contemporary sociology (Washington) 1986-07, Vol.15 (4), p.528-531
Main Author: Beirne, Piers
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Correctional System
Punishment
Review Essays
Welfare State
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Summary:A review essay on David Garland's Punishment and Welfare: A History of Penal Strategies (Vermont: Gower Publications, 1985 [see listing in IRPS No. 34]). Garland describes how Victorian penal institutions were radically transformed in the 1880s & 1890s as a result of economic & social crises. These crises were resolved through introduction of social welfare legislation & novel penal institutions. Through these changes, the free legal subject of classical jurisprudence was dissolved, & multiple disciplines aiming at extralegal reform of deviants were created, including criminology, eugenics, social security, & social work. This work is particularly valuable in the present period, when those novel institutions are themselves in crisis. 3 References. W. H. Stoddard
ISSN:0094-3061
1939-8638
DOI:10.2307/2069255