Professor John Pratt graduated in law from London University before studying criminology for graduate degrees at the universities of Keele and Sheffield in England. His research interests are in the areas of the sociology and history of punishment, and criminological and social theory.
Professor Pratt has published extensively in these areas, including ′Punishment in a Perfect Society′ (1993), ′Governing the Dangerous′ (1998), ′Dangerous Offenders: Punishment and Social Order (with Mark Brown, 2000), ′Punishment and Civilization′ (2002).
Since 1997, Professor Pratt has been editor of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology.
22 E-böcker av John Pratt
John Pratt: Punishment and Civilization
`A lucid and fascinating account of how society initially comes to be viewed as ′civilized′ on the basis of how it punishes its offenders, and the various numances and contradictions that form the ba …
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€62.99
Mark Brown & John Pratt: Dangerous Offenders
This highly controversial new book considers how the dangerous offender has become such a figure of collective anxiety for the citizens of rationalised Western societies. The authors consider:* ideas …
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€34.69
John Pratt: Penal Populism
Expertly drawing on international examples and existing literature, Penal Populism closes a gap in the field of criminology. In this fascinating expose of current crime policy John Pratt examines the …
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€24.39
David (University of New South Wales) Brown & Mark (Melbourne University, Australia) Brown: The New Punitiveness
Throughout much of the western world more and more people are being sent to prison, one of a number of changes inspired by a ”new punitiveness” in penal and political affairs. This book seeks to un …
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€48.89
David (University of New South Wales) Brown & Mark (Melbourne University, Australia) Brown: The New Punitiveness
Throughout much of the western world more and more people are being sent to prison, one of a number of changes inspired by a ”new punitiveness” in penal and political affairs. This book seeks to un …
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€48.79
George Gilligan & John Pratt: Crime, Truth and Justice
This book is concerned to analyse the production of criminological knowledge, with particular reference to one of the most important institutions in the western world involved in this -the official i …
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€28.24
George Gilligan & John Pratt: Crime, Truth and Justice
This book is concerned to analyse the production of criminological knowledge, with particular reference to one of the most important institutions in the western world involved in this -the official i …
EPUB
Engelska
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€28.27
John Pratt: Penal Populism
Expertly drawing on international examples and existing literature, Penal Populism closes a gap in the field of criminology. In this fascinating expose of current crime policy John Pratt examines the …
EPUB
Engelska
DRM
€51.35
John Pratt: Penal Populism
Expertly drawing on international examples and existing literature, Penal Populism closes a gap in the field of criminology. In this fascinating expose of current crime policy John Pratt examines the …
PDF
Engelska
DRM
€50.81
Mark Brown & John Pratt: Dangerous Offenders
This highly controversial new book considers how the dangerous offender has become such a figure of collective anxiety for the citizens of rationalised Western societies. The authors consider: * idea …
EPUB
DRM
€61.63
Mark Brown & John Pratt: Dangerous Offenders
This highly controversial new book considers how the dangerous offender has become such a figure of collective anxiety for the citizens of rationalised Western societies. The authors consider: * idea …
PDF
DRM
€61.53
Anna (Monash University, Australia) Eriksson & John (Victoria University of Welllington, New Zealand) Pratt: Contrasts in Punishment
Why do some modern societies punish their offenders differently to others? Why are some more punitive and others more tolerant in their approach to offending and how can these differences be explaine …
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€69.20
Anna (Monash University, Australia) Eriksson & John (Victoria University of Welllington, New Zealand) Pratt: Contrasts in Punishment
Why do some modern societies punish their offenders differently to others? Why are some more punitive and others more tolerant in their approach to offending and how can these differences be explaine …
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€69.35
John Pratt: Punishment and Civilization
`A lucid and fascinating account of how society initially comes to be viewed as ’civilized’ on the basis of how it punishes its offenders, and the various numances and contradictions that form the ba …
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€58.73
Pratt John Pratt & Siewert Sam Siewert: Real-Time Embedded Components and Systems with Linux and RTOS
This book is intended to provide a senior undergraduate or graduate student in electrical engineering or computer science with a balance of fundamental theory, review of industry practice, and hands- …
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€102.66
John Pratt & Jordan Anderson: Criminal Justice, Risk and the Revolt against Uncertainty
This book examines the impact and implications of the relationship between risk and criminal justice in advanced liberal democracies, in the context of the ‘revolt against uncertainty’ which has unde …
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€96.29
John Pratt: Law, Insecurity and Risk Control
This book examines our contemporary preoccupation with risk and how criminal law and punishment have been transformed as a result of these anxieties. It adopts an historical approach to exa …
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€106.99
John Pratt: Populism, Punishment and the Threat to Democratic Order
This book traces the rise of contemporary populism in Western democracies, marked by the return of would-be ’strong men’ politicians. It seeks to make sense of the nature, origins, and consequences o …
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€51.35
John Pratt: Populism, Punishment and the Threat to Democratic Order
This book traces the rise of contemporary populism in Western democracies, marked by the return of would-be ’strong men’ politicians. It seeks to make sense of the nature, origins, and consequences o …
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€51.36
John Pratt & Dr Joanna Swann: Educational Research in Practice
Offering valuable insights into the education and social research community, eight researchers representing contrasting approaches-from the United Kingdom, New Zealand and North America-explain what …
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€49.61
Yoko Hosoi & John Pratt: Crime, Punishment, and the Elderly
Hosoi, Tatsuno and Pratt examine the realities, problems and backgrounds of crimes committed by elderly people in both Japan and international perspectives.Japan’s aging population is a commonly know …
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€51.17
Yoko Hosoi & John Pratt: Crime, Punishment, and the Elderly
Hosoi, Tatsuno and Pratt examine the realities, problems and backgrounds of crimes committed by elderly people in both Japan and international perspectives.Japan’s aging population is a commonly know …
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€51.23
