Download or read book Penal Policy and Social Justice written by Barbara Hudson and published by Palgrave. This book was released on 1993 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the recent developments in penal policy, and asks whether they will make for more "justice". Drawing on international evidence the author asks whether making the punishment fit the crime can lessen the excessive penalization of the poor, the mentally disordered and racial minorities.