Explores human rights, social justice and incarceration using comparative case material from UK, Australia, NZ and Canada
Examines groups that are disproportionately affected through incarceration: indigenous populations, children, women, those with disabilities and refugees/'non-citizens'
Analyses how human rights are secured for those incarcerated e.g. community activism, media engagement and UN collaboration
Presents an opportunity for a more hopeful vision of human rights and incarceration
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Springer International Publishing
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Höhe: 216 mm
Breite: 153 mm
Dicke: 23 mm
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978-3-319-95398-4 (9783319953984)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-95399-1
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Elizabeth Stanley is Reader in Criminology, and Rutherford Discovery Fellow, at the Institute of Criminology, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. She is an established, internationally recognised scholar in the areas of human rights and state crime. She was included in the recent substantive Handbook on Human Rights, and contributed the 'guiding' introductory chapter to the section of 'Human Rights and Penality' (Weber et al, 2016). She is an Associate Editor of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology and a Board Member on several other journals (Criminology and Criminal Justice; State Crime; Justice, Power and Resistance). Her work is highly regarded for its originality and quality.
