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Wright, Martin, 1930-

Making good : prisons, punishment and beyond / Martin Wright ; with a foreword by Vivien Stern. - England : Waterside Press, 2008. - 1 online resource (xviii, 317 pages)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-291) and index.

Cover -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Dedication -- About the author -- Foreword Vivien Stern -- Extracts from the Original Foreword Barbara Wootton -- Introduction -- MAKING GOOD 25 YEARS ON -- 1 Prisons, Punishment and the Public -- 2 Prisons: What They Are Like -- 3 Prisons: Endemic Abuses -- 4 Keeping More People Out of Prison -- 5 Constructive Penalties -- 6 The Remaining Prisoners -- 7 Bringing Change About -- 8 The Sentence of the Court: What Can It Achieve? -- 9 Keeping Crime in Check -- 10 Making Amends: A Two Way Process -- References

ISBN: 9781906534691 (electronic bk.) 1906534691 (electronic bk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Prisons--Great Britain.
Punishment--Great Britain.
Criminals--Rehabilitation--Great Britain.
Prisons--Grande-Bretagne.
Réhabilitation--Grande-Bretagne.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Penology.
Criminals--Rehabilitation.
Prisons.
Punishment.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Great Britain.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HV9647 / .W763 2008eb

Dewey Class. No.: 365.941