Hamilton, Claire
(2013)
Punitiveness and political
culture: Notes from some small
countries.
European Journal of Criminology, 10 (2).
pp. 154-167.
ISSN 1477-3708
Abstract
Green’s (2007, 2008, 2009) recent comparative work on child-on-child homicides in England and
Norway has drawn attention to political and cultural explanations to account for differences in
levels of state punitiveness. His work finds support for the distinction made by Arend Lijphart
(1999) between consensus and majoritarian democracy, through his argument that English
majoritarian political culture created powerful incentives to exploit the homicide of James Bulger
in ways that were not present in Norway. Drawing on comparative research in Ireland, Scotland
and New Zealand, this article joins with Green in enlisting political culture as an important
explanatory variable yet challenges the usefulness of Lijphart’s typology in explaining penal
difference.
| Item Type: |
Article
|
| Keywords: |
Cultural values; determinants; penal policy; political culture; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Social Sciences > Law |
| Item ID: |
5712 |
| Identification Number: |
https://doi.org/10.1177/1477370812464469 |
| Depositing User: |
Claire Hamilton
|
| Date Deposited: |
22 Jan 2015 14:30 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
European Journal of Criminology |
| Publisher: |
Sage Publications |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| URI: |
|
| Use Licence: |
This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available
here |
Repository Staff Only(login required)
 |
Item control page |
Downloads per month over past year
Origin of downloads
Altmetric
Altmetric