""This book is something of a 'call to arms'... Towards the end of
this carefully-researched and well-argued book there is an
exhortation to 'step out', 'be brave', and Scott and Codd have,
indeed, written a brave book which deserves to be read widely; not
only for the detailed analysis it unfolds on the toxic effects of
prison, but also for the energy and passion they bring to bear in
exploding the many myths which support its continued use."
British Journal of Community Justice, Vol 9, Issues 1 & 2
special issue on the Rehabilitation Revolution"
""Scott and Codd's "Controversial Issues in Prison" is a
passionate plea for academics to be 'be brave' and 'step out', and
thus to acknowledge that the idea of, for example, an 'healthy
prison' being (p.170) 'an oxymoron. Prisons are places of sadness
and terror, harm and injustice, secrecy and oppression'. Set over
ten chapters, eight of which deal with a 'controversial issue' -
mental health problems in prison, women in prison, children and
young people in custody, race and racism, self-inflicted deaths,
the treatment of people who sexually offend, and prisoners and
their families - Scott and Codd frame their argument to demonstrate
that these issues raise fundamental concerns (p. ix) 'about the
legitimacy of the confinement project and the kind of society in
which it is deemed essential'."
Howard League Journal"
This textbook is designed to explore eight of the most
controversial aspects of imprisonment in England and Wales. It
looks at the people who are sent to prison and what happens to them
when they are incarcerated. Each chapter examines a different
dimension of the prison population and makes connections between
the personal troubles and vulnerabilities of those confined.
The book investigates controversies surrounding the
incarceration of people with mental health problems, women,
children, BME and foreign nationals, offenders with suicidal
ideation, sex offenders and drug takers, as well as looking at the
consequences of incarceration on prisoners' families.
Each chapter addresses key questions, such as: How have people
conceptualised this penal controversy? What does the official data
tell us and what are its limitations? What is its historical
context? What are the contemporary policies of the Prison Service?
Are they legitimate and, if not, what are the alternatives?
The book concludes that the eight penal controversies
highlighted in the text collectively provide a damning indictment
of the current state of imprisonment in England and Wales and
points to the need for radical alternatives for dealing with human
wrongdoing rooted in the principles of human rights and social
justice.
"Controversial Issues in Prisons" is key reading for students
and academics in the fields of criminology and criminal justice, as
well as those studying crime and punishment on courses in social
policy, sociology, social work and addiction studies.
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