Buch, Englisch, 164 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 189 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 339 g
Reihe: Clarendon Paperbacks
Buch, Englisch, 164 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 189 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 339 g
Reihe: Clarendon Paperbacks
ISBN: 978-0-19-825865-0
Verlag: OUP Oxford
1980s prisons haave become the focus of much attention from researchers, policy makers and government. More is known now than at any time in the past about how prisons work and how prisoners view their experiences of incarceration. However little attention has been given to comparing and
contrasting prison systems in different countries. This collection does just that, bringing together leading prison scholars from Italy, Australia, the US, and the UK to produce a set of essays which offer a broad view of recent developments in imprisonment theory and practice. The subject of privately run prisons feature in two of the essays while the crisis in prisons feature in two of the essays while the crisis in prisons in several countries is viewed critically in two others. Other
important topics examined are Russian prisons after Perestroika, human rights and prisons in Europe, as well as women in prisons and racial disproportion in US prisons. This is a high-quality collection of up-to-date essays which will be required reading for anyone interested in prisons and the process
of criminal justice.
Contributors: Richard Sparks, Douglas C. McDonald, Massimo Pavarini, Roy D. King, Franklin E. Zimring, Gordon Hawkins, Michael Tonry, Ken Pease, Pat Carlen, Rod Morgan, Malcolm Evans, Mike Maguire