In Prison Crisis, originally published in 1980, Peter Evans draws together all of the issues of the time to provide an agenda for public and politicians to use this best chance in one hundred years for a major reform of the prison system....Daugiau...
Originally published in 1976, A Taste of Prison deals with a very sensitive area of concern in the system of trial and imprisonment in Britain at the time. It describes the conditions at Winchester Prison and Winchester Remand Centre for both adults...Daugiau...
First published in 1965, this study was the first attempt in this country to look at the problems of the families of prisoners on a national scale. The survey attempts to portray objectively the conditions of life for the families of a wide range of...Daugiau...
First published in 1977, Open Prisons presents research carried out in a number of prisons in the UK both open and closed intended to compare their effectiveness. Information was collected from inmates and prison staff through a number of exercises...Daugiau...
First published in 1934, this title was prepared in the belief that among the growing literature of crime and the treatment of crime, there should be some room for some account of the English prison system as it stood. Here is the authoritative and...Daugiau...
In the previous few years English penal policy had undergone considerable change. Originally published in 1975, the contributors to this book focus on the use of imprisonment in such a time of transition, and examine various aspects of penal policy...Daugiau...
Originally published in 1987, the authors employed a longitudinal method for studying 568 inmates, and drew on psychological, social and health sciences assessments to identify the effects of various activities and actions, as well as personal and s...Daugiau...
The working of the 1969 Children and Young Persons Act was the subject of much debate in the 1970s. Discussion had been strong on opinion and short on facts; this book, originally published in 1977, supplied some much-needed evidence, based on the r...Daugiau...
Originally published in 1977, this title attempts to document and analyse some of the changes which happened in the first five and a half years of the prisons opening and as far as possible account for them. It was hoped that lessons could be drawn,...Daugiau...
First published in 1963, this title was an attempt to discover what had been learnt from a range of prison experience taking prison to be any form of enforced separation from the world of normal life. Including chapters on mental asylum and hospita...Daugiau...
Gate fever is the name of a non-medical syndrome said to infect men in prison as the date of their discharge draws near. The primary aim of this book, originally published in 1984, is to describe and promote social-skills-based methods for helping o...Daugiau...
First published in 1989, this title presents the English prison system in the words of those who had endured it as prisoners or who had worked within it. First-hand accounts of life inside chronicle the empty routines of the prison day and tell of t...Daugiau...
In the late 1950s crime and its treatment had never been of greater public interest. In this title, first published in 1960, D.L. Howard used his knowledge of academic criminology and his practical experience of criminals of all ages to produce a bo...Daugiau...
Originally published in 1985,this title is an account of the changing functions and conditions of imprisonment in England and Wales from the Medieval period to the present day. It is one of the few attempts to provide an overall view of the institut...Daugiau...
Why are the children of imprisoned parents often penalised the most? The abuse, stigma and neglect experienced by many of these children raise serious questions about the nature of criminal justice. First published in 1992, this title provides an in...Daugiau...
An awareness that the effects of prison on offenders were rarely beneficial and may be positively harmful. In this title, first published in 1974, it is argued that there was still the need in society for a commitment, not to reform its deviant memb...Daugiau...
Originally published in 1974, this book was the first full-scale work published in this country evaluating carefully whether an active policy of finding suitable employment for men immediately on their release from prison had beneficial results....Daugiau...
Originally published in 1950, this Lags Lexicon was compiled for a variety of reasons, with the object of entertainment, amusement, or enlightenment. Now it can be read and enjoyed in its historical context and to see which words are still in use to...Daugiau...
