Punishment and Society: Politics & Culture
Please find attached details of an international conference, of which the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research is a key sponsor, entitled 'Punishment and Society: Politics & Culture' to be held in Edinburgh on the 12 May 2011.
The conference will explore issues around Why do societies punish as they do? What drives change in styles and levels of punishment over time? How do penalties become, or cease to be, acceptable? What is at stake, morally and politically, in the responses we give to questions such as these? Do the answers lie mainly in the domain of politics, where ideas and decisions are debated and changed, sometimes rapidly? Or do they relate to deeper and more lasting aspects of our cultures?
Speakers will include David Garland, Lo§c Wacquant, Shadd Maruna, Lesley McAra and Fergus McNeill.
Hope to see you there.
Best wishes
Claire
Claire Lightowler
Knowledge Exchange Coordinator
Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research
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