Prison on trial / Thomas Mathieson.

By:

Mathiesen, Thomas

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Waterside Press criminal policy seriesPublication details: Winchester [England] : Waterside Press ; Portland, OR : North American distributors International Specialised Book Services, 2006.Edition: 3rd edDescription: 1 online resource (212 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781906534387
1906534381
9786611124663
6611124667

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Prison on trial.DDC classification:

365 22

LOC classification:

HV8705 .M38 2006eb

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Contents:

1. Prison : does it have a defence? -- 2. Rehabilitation -- 3. General prevention -- 4. Other theories of social defence -- 5. Justice -- 6. The future of imprisonment.

Review: "Prison On Trial is the classic critique of prisons and imprisonment: a book for everyone's shelf. For anyone seeking to understand the modern penchant for locking-up ever more people, it distils the arguments for and against incarceration in a readable, accessible and authoritative way - gaining in status each time prison populations increase across large parts of the world."--Jacket

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-207) and index.

1. Prison : does it have a defence? -- 2. Rehabilitation -- 3. General prevention -- 4. Other theories of social defence -- 5. Justice -- 6. The future of imprisonment.

"Prison On Trial is the classic critique of prisons and imprisonment: a book for everyone's shelf. For anyone seeking to understand the modern penchant for locking-up ever more people, it distils the arguments for and against incarceration in a readable, accessible and authoritative way - gaining in status each time prison populations increase across large parts of the world."--Jacket

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