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'Cavadino and Dignan's Penal Systems: A Comparative Approach looks across national boundaries to see how penal systems differ and why. It is hands-down the most comprehensive and up-to-date book on the subject and should become a staple textbook for use in law and social science courses on comparative penal policy and practice' - Michael H. Tonry,
Foreword - David DownesPART ONE: ABOUT COMPARATIVE PENOLOGYIntroducing Comparative PenologyPENAL SYSTEMS IN CRISIS?Globalized Penal Crisis?The United States of America Law and Order Ideology, Hyperincarceration and Looming CrisisEngland and Wales Stop-Go and the Upwards Zig-ZagAustralia and New Zealand Neo-Liberal Punitiveness Down UnderSouth Africa The Transition From ApartheidGermany Archetypal CorporatismThe Netherlands A Beacon of Tolerance DimmedFrance and Italy Corporatism and CatholicismSweden and Finland Nordic Social DemocracyJapan Iron Fist in a Velvet Penal GlovePART TWO: PATTERNS OF PENALITYComparative Youth JusticeNeo-Liberal Youth Justice SystemsYouth Justice Systems: Corporatist VariantsGeneral Patterns in Youth Justice?Prison PrivatizationPART THREE: IN CONCLUSION'A Boot Stamping on a Human Face Forever?'