The New Punitiveness

Trauma research and clinical practice have taught us much about the widespread problems of child maltreatment, partner violence, and sexual assault. Numerous investigations have documented links between such trauma exposure and long-term negative mental health consequences. As we learn more about traumatic stress, however, increasing attention has been drawn to the less studied physical health effects of maltreatment and trauma. Trauma and Physical Health describes both the negative physical health effects of victimization in childhood as well as exploring theoretical models that explains these links. By bringing together new and current studies on the relationship between trauma and physical health, this edited collection assesses the clinical implications of these links. At a time when the mental health field is becoming increasingly cognizant of the value of collaboration with professionals in the physical health arena, this book suggests ways in which clinicians can work with primary care professionals to better meet the needs of trauma survivors across the lifespan. A key focus of the text is to clarify the relationship between the current knowledge base in trauma and physical health and directions for future research in primary care health settings. With contributors from a wide range of clinical and psychological disciplines, it will be of interest to researchers, clinicians and professionals in the trauma field and to primary care professionals concerned with compassionate care for the traumatized.

Table of Contents:
1 Introduction Part 1: Punitive Trends 2. The great leap backward: imprisonment in America from Nixon to Clinton 3. Crime control in western countries, 1970 to 2000 4. Continuity, rupture or just more of the 'volatile and contradictory'?: glimpses of New South Wales' penal practice behind and through the discursive 5. Supermax meets death row: legal struggles around the new punitiveness in the USA 6. The liberal veil: revisiting Canadian penality 7. Contemporary statecraft and the 'punitive obsession': a critique of the new penology thesis Part 2: Globalisation, Technology and Surveillance 8. Globalisation and the new punitiveness 9. Engaging with punitive attitudes towards crime and punishment: some strategic lessons from England and Wales 10. The ad and the form: punitiveness and technological culture 11. Electronic monitoring, satellite tracking and the new punitiveness in England and Wales Part 3: Non-Punitive Societies 12. Levels of punitiveness in Scandinavia: description and explanation 13. Missing the punitive turn? Canadian criminal justice, 'balance' and penal modernism 14. When is a society non-punitive? The Italian case Part 4: Explanations 15. Modernity and the punitive 16. Elias, punishment and civilisation 17. Liberal exclusions and the new punitiveness 18. Rethinking narratives of penal change in global context

About the Author :
John Pratt is Professor of Criminology, and James Cook Research Fellow in Social Science at the Institute of Criminology, at the Victoria University of Wellington. David Brown is Associate Professor in the Asia Research Centre at Murdoch University, Australia. Mark Brown is a Lecturer in the School of Social and Political Sciences, Melbourne University. His primary reserearch interests encompass penality, corrections, and colonial penal history. Simon Hallsworth is Director of the Universities Centre for Social Evaluation Research, and Principal Lecturer in the Department of Applied Social Science at London Metropolitan University. Wayne Morrison works within the Edexcel Foundation External Programme for Law, UK.

Review :
'This important and well-documented book describes the significant role that child abuse and later trauma play in adult health and well-being. Generally unrecognized, because their origins are buried in time, concealed by shame, and avoided in medical practice, the authors help us understand how to become comfortable and effective in routinely exploring these problems with patients.' Vincent J. Felitti, MD, Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, USA