0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > Penology & punishment

Buy Now

Solitary Confinement - Lived Experiences and Ethical Implications (Hardcover) Loot Price: R803
Discovery Miles 8 030
You Save: R678 (46%)
Solitary Confinement - Lived Experiences and Ethical Implications (Hardcover): David Polizzi

Solitary Confinement - Lived Experiences and Ethical Implications (Hardcover)

David Polizzi

 (sign in to rate)
List price R1,481 Loot Price R803 Discovery Miles 8 030 | Repayment Terms: R75 pm x 12* You Save R678 (46%)

Bookmark and Share

Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days

Why is solitary confinement used in today's world? Does it help the rehabilitation of offenders? And how is policy affected by justification for the use of it? This book is the first to consider the history of solitary confinement and how it is experienced by the individuals undergoing it. Using Merleau-Ponty's concept of embodied subjectivity, it provides first-hand accounts of the inhumane experience of solitary confinement to provide a better appreciation of the relationship between penal strategy and its effect on human beings. Drawing on his own experiences as a Psychological Specialist in the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections and on those interviewed as part of the Guardian 6x9 project (http://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2016/apr/27/6x9-a-virtual-experience-of-solitary-confinement), the author focuses on the phenomenology of solitary confinement to consider what the intentional aspect of this almost uninhabitable type of confinement says about a democratic society that continues to justify its use as a correctional strategy. Aiming to influence policy, the book fills the gap between the practice of solitary confinement and its implications, as well as the social attitudes that uncritically condone its use.

General

Imprint: Policy Press
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: March 2017
First published: 2017
Authors: David Polizzi
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 112
ISBN-13: 978-1-4473-3753-9
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > Penology & punishment > General
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > General
LSN: 1-4473-3753-0
Barcode: 9781447337539

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!

You might also like..

Light Through The Bars - Understanding…
Babychan Arackathara Paperback R30 R28 Discovery Miles 280
Criminal Procedure - Legislative Guide
Juta Law Editors Paperback R292 Discovery Miles 2 920
The Misery Merchants - Life And Death In…
Ruth Hopkins Paperback  (1)
R310 R286 Discovery Miles 2 860
No One To Blame? - In Pursuit Of Justice…
George Bizos Paperback  (2)
R292 Discovery Miles 2 920
Black Beach - 491 Days In One Of…
Daniel Janse Van Rensburg, Tracey Pharoah Paperback R370 R342 Discovery Miles 3 420
Fraud - How Prison Set Me Free
Nikki Munitz Paperback R340 R319 Discovery Miles 3 190
An American Marriage
Tayari Jones Paperback  (1)
R317 R290 Discovery Miles 2 900
Burchell's Principles Of Criminal Law
Jonathan Burchell, P.J. Schwikkard, … Paperback R1,498 R1,279 Discovery Miles 12 790
Peculiar Institution - America's Death…
David Garland Hardcover R1,472 Discovery Miles 14 720
Strafprosesreg Handboek
Paperback R1,140 R992 Discovery Miles 9 920
Inside the Ohio Penitentiary
David Meyers, Elise Meyers Walker, … Paperback R572 R525 Discovery Miles 5 250
Correctional
Ravi Shankar Hardcover R722 R647 Discovery Miles 6 470

See more

Partners