The Use of Imprisonment : Essays in the Changing State of English Penal Policy Hardback
Edited by Sean McConville
Part of the Routledge Library Editions: Prison and Prisoners series
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In the previous few years English penal policy had undergone considerable change. Originally published in 1975, the contributors to The Use of Imprisonment focus on the use of imprisonment in such a time of transition, and examine various aspects of penal policy – administrative, organizational, staffing, legal, philosophical.
The volume provides a valuable introduction to penal policy and administration, and to some of the central issues in the penological debate at the time. Influenced mainly by events in the United States, interest had been growing in England in prisoners’ legal rights and in the laws affecting imprisonment.
This complemented an increasing mood of scepticism among many psychologists, sociologists and other social scientists in relation to the aims and methods of reformatory imprisonment.
Such thinking, although still largely divergent and amorphous, had gone far towards undermining the penological axioms and aspirations of the last few generations.
The precise direction of new policy was still unclear, but the essays in this book make various informed suggestions as to the future, and also provide an examination of the present state of several key areas.
They emphasise the failure of the treatment model of imprisonment, while at the same time recognising the need to be cautious about breaking down the prison walls and bringing treatment ‘into the community’.
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:128 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:25/10/2023
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Category:
- Dictionaries
- Reference works
- British & Irish history
- Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900
- Second World War
- Society & culture: general
- Social issues & processes
- Sociology
- Penology & punishment
- Juvenile offenders
- Psychological theory & schools of thought
- Legal history
- Criminal justice law
- Juvenile criminal law
- Sentencing & punishment
- Health psychology
- Psychotherapy
- Slang & dialect humour
- ISBN:9781032568775
Information
-
Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:128 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:25/10/2023
-
Category:
- Dictionaries
- Reference works
- British & Irish history
- Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900
- Second World War
- Society & culture: general
- Social issues & processes
- Sociology
- Penology & punishment
- Juvenile offenders
- Psychological theory & schools of thought
- Legal history
- Criminal justice law
- Juvenile criminal law
- Sentencing & punishment
- Health psychology
- Psychotherapy
- Slang & dialect humour
- ISBN:9781032568775
