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“The liberal state was not all that liberal when it came to the establishment of the external conditions for the free flow of economic entrepreneurship. Roads, railroads and regulating the poor became essential.”

Government Poor Poverty Liberalism

Book:Limits to Pain: The Role of Punishment in Penal Policy

Source: Limits to Pain: The Role of Punishment in Penal Policy

“The most dangerous place for your life is in your home, as you probably know. Most people are killed by family or those they are relatively close to. Refuges for women are important to deal with this. But in the end there are certain risks you take – when you walk in the streets you might be hit by a car.”

Home Risk Danger Domestic Violence Dangerous People

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“If pain is too bad to be executed by everybody, and seen by everybody, is it not because it is too bad?”

Pain Law Suffering Punishment Criminology Penalty

Book:Limits to Pain: The Role of Punishment in Penal Policy

Source: Limits to Pain: The Role of Punishment in Penal Policy

“In the 1960's, Labour had gained some power, or at least respectability. Spokesmen for the working class - but of course not necessarily coming from that class or belonging there except through ideology - were upset by the exposed inequalities and abuses disguised as treatment. It did not exactly strengthen the credibility of these measures that most receivers of this type of treatment for crime turned out to belong to just those classes supposed to be in political power.”

Politics Inequality Abuse Of Power Incarceration Labour Party

Book:Limits to Pain: The Role of Punishment in Penal Policy

Source: Limits to Pain: The Role of Punishment in Penal Policy

“The offender must be able to give something back. But criminals are most often poor people. They have nothing to give. The answers to this are many. It is correct that our prisons are by and large filled with poor people. We let the poor pay with the only commodity that is close to being equally distributed in society: time.”

Time Poverty Crime Criminal Justice Crime And Punishment Criminology

Book:Limits to Pain: The Role of Punishment in Penal Policy

Source: Limits to Pain: The Role of Punishment in Penal Policy