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Understanding Prisons: Key Issues in Policy and Practice (Paperback, Ed) Loot Price: R919
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Understanding Prisons: Key Issues in Policy and Practice (Paperback, Ed): Andrew Coyle

Understanding Prisons: Key Issues in Policy and Practice (Paperback, Ed)

Andrew Coyle

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"Few people can talk about prisons with the authority and experience thatAndrew Coyle brings to his subject. A former prison governor, an academicauthor, an international activist and a practical reformer, Professor Coyleknows prisons inside and out, home and abroad, past and present. InUnderstanding Prisons he uses his impressive expertise to guide researchersthrough the changing world of the English prison. The result is an accessible,up-to-date, and highly informative book that will be welcomed by studentsand practitioners alike." David Garland, NYU, author of The Culture of Control"Andrew Coyle has drawn on his lifelong experience of governing prisons inScotland and England and, as the former Director of the International Centrefor Prison Studies, Kings College, London, studying prisons worldwide. Hehas written a comprehensive account of the use of imprisonment and thecharacter of prisons. He persuasively argues that our continued, extensiveuse of imprisonment cannot simply be explained or justified by the incidenceof crime and could otherwise. His book merits close attention." Rod Morgan, Chairman, Youth Justice BoardThere are over nine million men, women and children in prison around the world, and the number of people in prison in England and Wales has increased significantly in recent years. Yet in many respects prison remains the last secretive public institution in our society. Understanding Prisons provides a unique, in-depth examination of prisons - how they function, what they achieve, and their historical and political context. The book: Describes how prisons developed into their present form Looks at who is sent to prison and what happens to them while they are there Explains how the prison system and staff in England and Wales are organised Examines how order and control is maintained and how high security prisons operate Looks at prisoners' families and the wider community Offers a future vision of the prison system This is essential reading for criminology and sociology students and researchers, criminal justice practitioners, the media and members of the public who are interested in learning more about the closed world of the prison.

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Imprint: Open University Press
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: December 2005
First published: 2005
Authors: Andrew Coyle
Dimensions: 240 x 170 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
Edition: Ed
ISBN-13: 978-0-335-21338-2
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > General
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LSN: 0-335-21338-3
Barcode: 9780335213382

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