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economics of punishment  

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  • David Garland has argued that “punishment is a complex set of interlinked processes and institutions rather than a uniform object or event” (1990: 16). In the context of contemporary criminal justice, governmental officials activate these processes and institutions in response to crimes and victimization. [Source: Encyclopedia of Law & Society: American and Global Perspectives; Punishment, Economics Of]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-FQLKXNSF-P

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