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.
Fully updated to cover the most recent changes in the Criminal Justice System, the new edition:
The book is supported by online resources for lecturers and students, including chapter PowerPoints, sample syllabus, summaries of key legislative acts, bills and official reports, a list of recommended further reading for each chapter, and links to important Penal Agencies and Organisations, Law Reform Organisations, and other useful academic sites.
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... concerned with the 'English' penal system, by which we mean the system in England and Wales. (Scotland and Northern Ireland have separate systems.) However, much of what we say (especially about penal philosophy and penal sociology in ...
... numbers were already causing serious concern) and has almost doubled. Source: Ministry of Justice, Offender Management Caseload Statistics Tables and Prison Source: International Centre for Prison Studies, World Prison Brief website,
... concern) and has almost doubled since 1993. The prison population reached its highest ever peak so far of over 88,000 in December 2011, but has declined slightly in the past two years. Official Home Office projections estimate that by ...
... concerns that such overcrowding is likely to threaten safety and have multiple other serious adverse effects on prison conditions and regimes (Prison Reform Trust, 2006: 7–8; see also Chapter 6, section 6.5). Bad. Conditions. Overcrowding ...
... the running of prisons in the event of further industrial action. In 2016, the BBC reported that prison officers had staged walkouts at five prisons in five months over concerns about staff safety (BBC News, 6 July 2016). On.
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 |