Handbook on prisons

by Bennett, Jamie Crewe, Ben Jewkes, Yvonne

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Title Statements

Full title :Handbook on prisons / edited by Yvonne Jewkes, Ben Crewe and Jamie Bennett.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2016.
Edition:Second edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:Abingdon, Oxon
Language:eng
Publication Date:2016.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (1 volume)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781317754558, 1317754557, 9781317754541, 1317754549, 9781315797779, 1315797771, 9781317754534, 1317754530
oclc:ocn940358000
LC Classification:HV9647
Dewey Decimal:365/.941

Cover; Half title; Title page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgement; List of contributors; Abbreviations; Introduction; Bibliography; Part I: Prisons in context; 1. Prisons in context; Introduction; As it was then; As it is now; Learning from our past; Learning from others; Conclusion; Note; Bibliography; 2. Prison histories, 1770s-1950s: Continuities and contradictions; The mid-Victorian prison: deterrence and bureaucratic administration, 1850-95; Prison reform, 1770s-1850s.

The emergence of the modern prison and into the 20th century: the demise of Du Cane, decarceration and two World Wars, 1895-1945Inside the prison system during the two World Wars, 1914-18 and 1939-45; Bibliography; 3. The aims of imprisonment; Introduction; Antecedents; Official formulations; Attempting a new definition; A constriction of ambition; The prison in society; Fragmentation; Conclusion; Bibliography; 4. The politics of imprisonment; Introduction; What do we want prisons to do?; Why are so many people in prison, or so few?; Punishment and the 'New Right'

Two faces of risk: calculation and representationConcluding remarks; Note; Bibliography; 5. The sociology of…

Subjects

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 SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Penology