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Prisons & Punishment: The Essentials
David Scott
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Description for Prisons & Punishment: The Essentials
Paperback. Combining coverage of all the key areas in penology with subject-specifc study skills advice, this book provides students with the whole package to succeed when studying this topic Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JKVP; LNF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
Covering all the key topics across the subject of Penology, this book gives you the tools you need to delve deeper and critically examine issues relating to prisons and punishment.
The second edition:
- explores prisons and punishment within national, international and comparative contexts, and draws upon contemporary case studies throughout to illustrate key themes and issues
- includes new sections on actuarial justice, proportionality, sentencing principles, persistent offending, rehabilitation, and abolitionist approaches to punishment
- features a
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Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781446273470
SKU
V9781446273470
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-3
About David Scott
David Scott is senior lecturer in Criminology at the Open University. David has published widely on prisons, punishment and critical criminology. Recent book titles include Critique and Dissent; Beyond Criminal Justice; The Caretakers of Punishment; and Why Prison? David is a former coordinator of the European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control and is a member of ... Read more
Reviews for Prisons & Punishment: The Essentials
The new edition of this popular undergraduate text will be widely welcomed. Clearly written and challenging, it addresses issues from the justifications for punishment to the ownership and operation of penal systems, especially prisons. It is an ideal introduction for those coming into the relatively new and contested discipline of criminology.
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