The Penal System: An IntroductionNow in its Sixth Edition, this book remains the most comprehensive and authoritative on the penal system, providing students with an incisive, critical account of the punitive, managerial and humanitarian approaches to criminal justice.
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... offending team: see Chapter 8). Pre-sentence reports provide the sentencer with information about the offender's behaviour and social and family background, and normally include a proposal for what the sentence should be.
... behaviour they would doubtless experience fewer riots. But there are several difficulties with 'toxic mix theory'. It is often said that one important constituent of the so-called 'toxic mix' is lifers – prisoners serving sentences of ...
... behaviour; it is meaningful human action. Lord Scarman said in his famous report on inner-city riots that 'public disorder usually arises out of a sense of injustice' (Scarman, 1986: xiii; our italics) and, as the Woolf Report rightly ...
... behaviour of prison staff and the prison disciplinary system (see Chapters 6 and 7). Even so, prisoners do not normally riot unless this sense of injustice has been somehow inflamed beyond its normal simmering state. Prisoners' sense of ...
... behaviour | Grievance and Escapes – disciplinary procedures ! {{{4% → CRISIS OF ...— visibility. LEGITIMACY (1) with public (2) with penal staff (3) with penal subjects (Symptoms of the crisis) Riots and Probation crisis Industrial ...
Other editions - View all
The Penal System: An Introduction Michael Cavadino,James Dignan,George Mair,Jamie Bennett No preview available - 2019 |
The Penal System: An Introduction Michael Cavadino,James Dignan,George Mair,Jamie Bennett No preview available - 2020 |
The Penal System: An Introduction Michael Cavadino,James Dignan,George Mair,Jamie Bennett No preview available - 2020 |