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Pratt, John and Clark, Marie (2005). "Penal populism in New Zealand" Punishment & Society. 7(3): 303–322

This article examines the growth, influence and limits of penal populism in New Zealand. In this country, it argues, there were four crucial factors associated with this: disenchantment with the existing democratic process; the dynamics of crime and insecurity in a period of considerable social change; the growth and influence of ‘victimization groups’; the emergence of a new kind of penal expertise.


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