John Pratt is Professor of Criminology at the Institute of Criminology, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. His fields of research are comparative penology and the history and sociology of punishment. He has published in eleven languages and has been invited to lecture at universities in South America, North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. His books include Punishment and Civilization (2002), Penal Populism (2007) and Contrasts in Punishment (2013). His work is often cited in the international media including TIME, The Observer and The Financial Times.

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: "Never Again"

Chapter 3: Set Risk Free

Chapter 5: Fear and Anxiety in the Risk Society

Chapter 6: The Rise of the Security Sanction

Chapter 7: Issues of Legitimacy - Legal and Political

Chapter 8: The Revolt against Uncertainty

Chapter 9: The End

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