Handbook on prisons

Focusing on prisons, this title is a useful reference for practitioners working in prisons and other parts of the criminal justice system. It explores a range of historical and contemporary issues relating to prisons, imprisonment and prison management. The second edition of the Handbook on Prisons provides a completely revised and updated collection of essays on a wide range of topics concerning prisons and imprisonment. Bringing together three of the leading prison scholars in the UK as editors, this new volume builds on the success of the first edition and reveals the range and depth of prison scholarship around the world. The Handbook contains chapters written not only by those who have established and developed prison research, but also features contributions from ex-prisoners, prison governors and ex-governors, prison inspectors and others who have worked with prisoners in a wide range of professional capacities. This second edition includes several completely new chapters on topics as diverse as prison design, technology in prisons, the high security estate, therapeutic communities, prisons and desistance, supermax and solitary confinement, plus a brand new section on international perspectives. The Handbook aims to convey the reality of imprisonment, and to reflect the main issues and debates surrounding prisons and prisoners, while also providing novel ways of thinking about familiar penal problems and enhancing our theoretical understanding of imprisonment. The Handbook on Prisons, Second editionis a key text for students taking courses in prisons, penology, criminal justice, criminology and related subjects, and is also an essential reference for academics and practitioners working in the prison service, or in related agencies, who need up-to-date knowledge of thinking on prisons and imprisonment

Introduction. Part 1: Prisons in Context; 1. Prisons in Context, Andrew Coyle 2. Prison Histories, 1770s-1950s: Continuities and contradictions, Helen Johnston 3. The Aims of Imprisonment, Ian O'Donnel 4. The Politics of Imprisonment, Richard Sparks, Jessica Bird and Louise Brangan 5. The Sociology of Imprisonment, Ben Crew 6. Prison expansionism, Deborah H. Drake 7. Prison & Design and Carceral Space, Dominique Moran, Yvonne Jewkes and Jennifer Turner. Prison Managerialism: Global change and local cultures in the working lives of prison managers, Jamie Bennett Part 2: Prison Controversies 9.