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Prison on trial [electronic resource] / Thomas Mathieson.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: 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 p.)ISBN:
  • 9781906534387 (electronic bk.)
  • 1906534381 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Prison on trial.DDC classification:
  • 365 22
LOC classification:
  • HV8705 .M38 2006eb
Online resources:
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."--BOOK JACKET.
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eBook eBook e-Library EBSCO Social Science Available
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 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."--BOOK JACKET.

Description based on print version record.

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