Prisons in Context (Paperback)

Roy D. King, Mike Maguire

Series: Clarendon Paperbacks

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Prisons occupy a central position in the criminal justice system of all the developed nations. Much is known about prisons, their administration, their effectiveness and their problems. More is known now than at any time in the past about how prisons work and how prisoners view their experiences of incarceration.

However, little attention has been given to comparing and contrasting prison systems in different countries. This collection does just that, bringing together leading prison scholars from Italy, Australia, the US, and the UK to produce a set of essays which offer a broad view of recent developments in imprisonment theory and practice. Topics covered include: privately run prisons; the crisis in prisons in several countries; Russian prisons after Perestroika; human rights and prisons in Europe; women in prisons; and racial disproportion in US prisons.

Contributors: Richard Sparks, Douglas C. McDonald, Massimo Pavarini, Roy D. King, Franklin E. Zimring, Gordon Hawkins, Michael Tonry, Ken Pease, Pat Carlen, Rod Morgan, Malcolm Evans, Mike Maguire

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Imprint:	Clarendon Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Clarendon Paperbacks
Release date:	May 1994
First published:	July 1994
Editors:	Roy D. King (Professor, School of Sociology and Social Policy) • Mike Maguire (Senior Lecturer in the School of Social and Administrative Studies)
Dimensions:	246 x 187 x 9mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	164
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-825865-0
Categories:	Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Criminal law Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > Penology & punishment > General Promotions
LSN:	0-19-825865-8
Barcode:	9780198258650