Money and the Governance of Punishment: A Genealogy of the Penal Fine (Routledge Studies in Crime and Society)
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Money and the Governance of Punishment: A Genealogy of the Penal Fine (Routledge Studies in Crime and Society)

Money and the Governance of Punishment: A Genealogy of the Penal Fine (Routledge Studies in Crime and Society)

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Patricia Cabana (Author)  

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Money is the most frequently means used in the legal system to punish and regulate. Monetary penalties outnumber all other sanctions delivered by criminal justice in many jurisdictions, imprisonment included. More people pay fines than go to prison and in some jurisdictions many of those in prison are there because of failure to pay their fines. Therefore, it is surprising how little has been written in the Anglophone academic world about the nature of money sanctions and their specific characteristics as legal sanctions. In many ways, legal innovations related to money sanctions have been poorly understood. This book argues that they are a direct consequence of the changing meaning of money. Considering the 'meaninglessness' of modern money, the book aims to examine the history of changing conceptions in how fines have been conceived and used. Using a set of interpretative techniques sensitive to how money and freedom are perceived, the genealogy of the penal fine is presented as a story of constant reformulation in response to shifting political pressures and changes in intellectual developments that influenced ideological commitments of legislators and practitioners. This book is multi-disciplinary and will appeal to those engaged with criminology, sociology and philosophy of punishment, socio-legal studies, and criminal law. 23 Tables, black and white; 20 Line drawings, black and white; 20 Illustrations, black and white
Patricia Faraldo Cabana is Professor for Criminal Law at the University of A Coruna, in Spain, and Adjunct Professor at the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia
  • Contributor: Patricia Cabana
  • Imprint: Routledge
  • ISBN13: 9780367227081
  • Number of Pages: 244
  • Packaged Dimensions: 156x234mm
  • Packaged Weight: 453
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Release Date: 2019-03-05
  • Series: Routledge Studies in Crime and Society
  • Binding: Paperback / softback
  • Biography: Patricia Faraldo Cabana is Professor for Criminal Law at the University of A Coruna, in Spain, and Adjunct Professor at the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia

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