Handbook on prisons

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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.

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Title Statements

Full title :Handbook on prisons / edited by Yvonne Jewkes.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2016
Edition:2nd ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Willan
Place of Publication:Cullompton
Language:eng
Publication Date:2016

The Physical Object

Description:xxx, 778 pages : : illustrations ; : 25 cm; 1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781315797779, 1315797771
oclc:on1368274711
LC Classification:HV9647

pt. 1. Prisons in perspective. Prison histories and competing audiences, 1776-1966 / Keith Soothill -- The changing face of the English prison : A critical review of the aims of imprisonment / David Scott -- The politics of imprisonment / Richard Sparks -- Imprisonment : Some international comparisons and the need to revisit panopticism / Roy D. King -- The sociology of imprisonment / Ben Crewe -- Researching Russian prisons : A consideration of new and established methodologies in prison research / Laura Piacentini -- The evolution of prison architecture / Yvonne Jewkes and Helen Johnston -- pt. 2. Prisoners. Children and young persons / Rod Morgan -- Imprisonment in old age / Elaine Crawley -- Women in prison / Diana Medlicott -- Black and minority ethnic prisoners / Kimmett Edgar -- Political imprisonment and the 'War on Terror' / Kieran McEvoy, and Kirsten McConnachie, and Ruth Jamieson -- pt. 3. Themes and debates. Security, control and the problems of containment / Roy D. King -- Problematizing prison privatization : An overview of the debate / James Mehigan and Abigail Rowe -- Prison healthcare / Jane Senior and Jenny Shaw -- Drugs in prison / Michael Wheatley -- Prison sui…

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Emprisonnement -- Grande-Bretagne Great Britain imprisonment Imprisonment -- Great Britain Prison administration Prison administration -- Great Britain Prisoners Prisoners -- Great Britain Prisonniers -- Grande-Bretagne Prisons Prisons -- Administration -- Grande-Bre… Prisons -- Grande-Bretagne Prisons -- Great Britain