The Economics of Penological Policy: The Restoration of Equilibrium in a Social Market

Abstract

Of all social relations the withdrawal of individual liberty by the State is arguably the most discussed and the least understood. Although there has latterly been an increasing interest in the issue of crime, relatively little attention has been paid to the consequential issue of punishment and especially to its most severe manifestation (in many cultures), imprisonment.

Citation

Roper, B.A. (1985), "The Economics of Penological Policy: The Restoration of Equilibrium in a Social Market", International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 12 No. 1, pp. 54-76. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb013984