A Guide to Prisons and Penal Policy

Prisons Unlocked
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-4473-6542-6
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 188 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 308 g

Understanding prisons and the policies surrounding them is of fundamental importance to students and practitioners of criminology and related fields. This concise and accessible guide offers a compendium of key information, theories, concepts, research and policy, presenting a rounded and critical overview of the prison system in England and Wales.

Covering the historical and contemporary context of prisons, the text guides the reader through the work of prison officers, a tour of international prisons and how prison life is experienced by different groups, such as women.

Focusing on the experiences of stakeholder groups and the themes of power, legitimacy and rehabilitation, the book concludes with an overview of the future challenges for prisons.

Each chapter includes key learning features:

• end of chapter questions;

• definitions of key terms and concepts;

• examples and illustrative case studies;

• learning outcomes;

• summary boxes of major research studies and further reading.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vipond, Rachel

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Strafvollzugsrecht, Strafvollstreckung, Maßregelvollzug, Gnadenwesen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Orienting the Prison

2. The Birth of the Prison

3. Prison: The Modern Context

4. Doing Time: How Different Groups Experience Prison Differently

5. Prison Life

6. Theorising Punishment and the Pains of Imprisonment

7. Doing Prison Work

8. Leaving Prison, Resettling and Returning

9. Prison on an International Scale

10. What Next for Prisons?

Über Autor(innen)

Rachel Vipond is Lecturer in Criminal Justice and Social Policy at the University of York.