Penal Populism

	Penal Populism Penal populism is a media driven political process whereby politicians compete with each other to impose tougher prison sentences on offenders based on a perception that crime is out of control. It tends to manifest in the run up to elections when political parties put forward hard-line policies which they believe the public wants, rather than evidence based policies based on their effectiveness at dealing with crime and associated social problems. Origins The phrase was coined in 1993 by Anthony Bottoms, when he labeled it one of the four main influences on contemporary criminal justice. It is a process that ignores or minimizes the views of criminologists, justice professionals and penal experts, claiming instead to represent the views of “the people” about the need for tougher punishment for criminal offending. It has been theorized that the rise of penal populism has brought an increase in the repressiveness of various nation's criminal laws, including that of the UK, Can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Anthony Bottoms Sir Anthony Edward Bottoms FBA (born 29 August 1939) is a British criminologist. He is life fellow at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, having previously been a Wolfson Professor of Criminology at the Institute of Criminology in the Faculty of Law at the University of Cambridge from 1984 to 2006University of Cambridge Institute of Criminology Professor Anthony Bottoms - Biography and until December 2007 a professor of criminology jointly at the universities of Cambridge and Sheffield . [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
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