The Prisoners’ Dilemma: Political Economy and Punishment in Contemporary Democracies

Nicola Lacey
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In the first-past-the-post adversarial elections in neo-liberal societies, crime control has become a competitive arms race with electoral implications; in the co-ordinated market economies like Germany and the Nordic countries criminal justice policies are shielded in key respects from partisan politics.