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“Criminal Action: Official Reaction: Affect Theory, Criminology, and Criminal Justice.”

Moore, David B
June 4, 2015

Source: (1997) in D.L. Nathanson (ed.), Knowing Feeling. New York, NY: W.W. Norton.

An historical analysis of major psychosocial theories underlying public policy in mainstream criminal justice systems of the industrial democracies. Contemporary theoretical revisions suggest policy more in keeping with restorative or transformative justice

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