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Punishment and Prisons - Power and the Carceral State (Paperback)
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'Punishment and Prisons is a scholarly, powerful and inspirational
critique. With passion and humanity, Joe Sim strips neo-liberal
penal policies of their reformist pretensions and demonstrates that
prisons will continue to be brutal enforcers of gross economic
inequalities until such time as the abolitionist alternative is
realised' - Pat Carlen Joe Sim has long occupied a key position in
British and European criminology. This book is a genuinely
important addition to the literature; it is controversial and will
stimulate debate. Punishment and Prisons shows that critical
criminology is alive, that it has a voice and that it needs to be
read. - Peter Young, Professor of Criminology, University of Hull
'A satisfyingly uncompromising critique that has no fear of coming
to clear conclusions and provides little succour to those satisfied
with short term change in the current system. Sim provides the kind
of concise, articulate and powerful critique of apparent
criminological realities, which is necessary to motivate genuine
reform and can help to ensure that practitioners and others do not
forget the big picture.' - Probation Journal Joe Sim offers a rich
and persuasive analysis of imprisonment, providing a wealth of
political and policy detail. He makes his reader confront the
cruelties of imprisonment as well as its ineffectiveness in
reducing crime, and it would surely be impossible to read this book
without feeling profound disquiet about the deployment of the power
to punish in contemporary Britain. Punishment and Prisons has a
breadth and depth of scholarship, arguing powerfully for a more
critical criminology and an abolitionist stance towards
imprisonment. I urge all those interested in penal policy - whether
as students, teachers, researchers, reformers, politicians or penal
professionals - to read this important and disturbing book. -
Professor Barbara Hudson, Centre for Criminology and Criminal
Justice Studies, University of Central Lancashire With prisons
overflowing and penal policy the topic of hot debate, Punishment
and Prisons: Power and the Carceral State presents a lively and
accessible discussion of possible solutions to the current crisis,
by one of the foremost scholars in the field. Joe Sim traces the
development of penal strategy over the past three decades, through
a critical analysis of the relationship between penal policy and
state power. Exploring the contested histories of punishment that
are prominent in criminology, and its development in penal policy,
the book analyses four key dimensions of modern penal trends: "
continuity and discontinuity in penal policy and practice " reform
and rehabilitation " contesting penal power " abolitionism.
Articulate, innovative and theoretically informed, Punishment and
Prisons: Power and the Carceral State offers a critical overview of
contemporary penal politics that will prove a compelling addition
to the criminological library. The book is written for not only for
students and academics but also for those involved in the debates
on penal policy - including prison reform groups, politicians and
the media. It offers a series of suggestions for alleviating the
current crisis, setting out a policy agenda for transforming the
role and place of the prison in the criminal justice system.
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