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== New abolitionist literature == | == New abolitionist literature == | ||
'''Davids Scott (ed.) Why prisons?,''' 2015 | '''Davids Scott (ed.) Why prisons?,''' Cambridge 2015 | ||
The book features original essays by, e.g. De Giorgi, Wacquant, Michelle Brown, Joe Sim u.a. and a foreword by | |||
Thomas Mathiesen ("Can we stem the tide"), in which he suggests a number of sociologically informed strategies "to lower or at least significantly slow down the increase in numbers of prisoners per capita in a society" (XX). A surprisingly modest proposal for the Grand Abolitionist. All the moire interesting are his suggestions: "foster confidence in others", "the police should be largely unarmed...police officers should be visible and polite rather than driving around in closed cars", "there are aspects of togetherness that should be fostered", "This involves a limitation on controlled city life, and an expansion of a social city life" (XXI). | Thomas Mathiesen ("Can we stem the tide"), in which he suggests a number of sociologically informed strategies "to lower or at least significantly slow down the increase in numbers of prisoners per capita in a society" (XX). A surprisingly modest proposal for the Grand Abolitionist. All the moire interesting are his suggestions: "foster confidence in others", "the police should be largely unarmed...police officers should be visible and polite rather than driving around in closed cars", "there are aspects of togetherness that should be fostered", "This involves a limitation on controlled city life, and an expansion of a social city life" (XXI). | ||
Part V of the book (Abolitionist Alternatives) includes the following three contribution: | Part V of the book (Abolitionist Alternatives) includes the following three contribution: |
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