Nicola Lacey is Professor of Criminal Law and Legal Theory at the London School of Economics and Political Science and an Adjunct Professor at the Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra.

• Part I. Punishment in Contemporary Democracies: 1. 'Penal populism' in comparative perspective; 2. Explaining penal tolerance and severity: criminal justice in the perspective of political economy; Part II. Prospects for the Future: Escaping the Prisoners' Dilemma?: 3. Inclusion and exclusion in a globalizing world: Is penal moderation in co-ordinated market economies under threat?; 4. Confronting the prisoners' dilemma: the room for policy manoeuvre in liberal market economies.

'It was a privilege to have been asked to review this book. Nicola Lacey seems certain to join that select list of Hamlyn lecturers … who, over the years, have provided significant reference points for criminologists as well as jurisprudentially inclined lawyers. … Lacey has done criminology a profound service by highlighting the core issues. This short text deserves a place on every student reading list.' British Journal of Criminology

Nicola Lacey is Professor of Criminal Law and Legal Theory at the London School of Economics and Political Science and an Adjunct Professor at the Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra.

• Part I. Punishment in Contemporary Democracies: 1. 'Penal populism' in comparative perspective; 2. Explaining penal tolerance and severity: criminal justice in the perspective of political economy; Part II. Prospects for the Future: Escaping the Prisoners' Dilemma?: 3. Inclusion and exclusion in a globalizing world: Is penal moderation in co-ordinated market economies under threat?; 4. Confronting the prisoners' dilemma: the room for policy manoeuvre in liberal market economies.

'It was a privilege to have been asked to review this book. Nicola Lacey seems certain to join that select list of Hamlyn lecturers … who, over the years, have provided significant reference points for criminologists as well as jurisprudentially inclined lawyers. … Lacey has done criminology a profound service by highlighting the core issues. This short text deserves a place on every student reading list.' British Journal of Criminology

Nicola Lacey is Professor of Criminal Law and Legal Theory at the London School of Economics and Political Science and an Adjunct Professor at the Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra.

• Part I. Punishment in Contemporary Democracies: 1. 'Penal populism' in comparative perspective; 2. Explaining penal tolerance and severity: criminal justice in the perspective of political economy; Part II. Prospects for the Future: Escaping the Prisoners' Dilemma?: 3. Inclusion and exclusion in a globalizing world: Is penal moderation in co-ordinated market economies under threat?; 4. Confronting the prisoners' dilemma: the room for policy manoeuvre in liberal market economies.

'It was a privilege to have been asked to review this book. Nicola Lacey seems certain to join that select list of Hamlyn lecturers … who, over the years, have provided significant reference points for criminologists as well as jurisprudentially inclined lawyers. … Lacey has done criminology a profound service by highlighting the core issues. This short text deserves a place on every student reading list.' British Journal of Criminology