General penology. A culturally integrated perspective. Volume 1
Penologia ogólna. Perspektywa integralnokulturowa. Tom 1
Keywords: criminal punishment; penology; culturally integrated research; penal policy; criminal policy
The first volume of the two-volume monograph presents in a systematic way the perception of criminal punishment as a legal and social institution of a procedural nature. The intention of the presented culturally integrated theoretical approach is to conduct analyses in an interdisciplinary manner that makes possible the integration of various types of social science knowledge, which can be used for the purposes of widely understood penal practices. A new classification of the theory and criticism of punishment is also connected with the culturally integrated perspective. The author, referring to contemporary research and concepts with particular emphasis on the scientific literature of the Anglo-Saxon cultural circle and taking into account the Polish tradition of penology studies, analyses the results of his own research on criminal punishment conducted in a systematic way since 1997, which formed the basis for the development of the theoretical framework of culturally integrated penology.
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