Images of Incarceration focuses on fictional portrayals of prison
and prisoners to demonstrate how they are depicted in the cinema
and on TV, featuring films such as The Shawshank Redemption, The
Birdman of Alcatraz, Scum, McVicar, Brubaker, Cool Hand Luke, Made
in Britain and Greenfingers as well as TV dramas like Porridge ,
Bad Girls , Buried and Oz. The book is part of the Prison Film
Project sponsored by the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation under its
Rethinking Crime and Punishment initiative. It compares fictional
representations with 'actual existing reality' to provide insights
into how screen images affect understanding of complex social and
penal issues: 'Is prison really as represented on screen, harsher,
softer or different?'; 'Do viewers separate fact from fiction?';
and 'What might films tell us about the experiences of prisoners
and whether prison reduces crime and protects victims?' As authors
David Wilson and Sean O'Sullivan explain, prison may be violent and
de-humanising but it makes for gripping drama and human interest.
Most people know little about what really happens inside prison, so
that as prison numbers in the UK and USA escalate as never before,
the 'prison film' and 'TV prison drama' can have a significant
influence on popular culture and attitudes towards penal reform.
Informative, educational and illuminating, Images of Incarceration
will be of value to anyone interested in the effect of screen
representations on the democratic process, and in particular to
people concerned with criminal justice, penal affairs, penal
reform, sociology and the media. Reviews 'Fascinating for anyone
who has even a passing interest in penal matters or film': Howard
Journal of Criminal Justice Author David Wilson is professor of
criminology at the Centre for Criminal Justice Policy and Research
at the University of Central England in Birmingham. A former prison
governor, he is editor of the Howard Journal and a well-known
author, broadcaster and presenter for TV and radio, including for
the BBC, C4 and Sky Television. He has written three other books
for Waterside Press: The Longest Injustice: The Strange Story of
Alex Alexandrowicz (with the latter), Prison(er) Education :
Stories of Change and Transformation (with Ann Reuss) (2000), and
Serial Killers: Hunting Britons and Their Victims 1960-2006 (2007).
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