Handbook on Prisons
Yvonne Jewkes
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Description for Handbook on Prisons
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The second edition of the Handbook on Prisons provides a completely revised and updated collection of essays on a wide range of topics concerning prisons and imprisonment. Bringing together three of the leading prison scholars in the UK as editors, this new volume builds on the success of the first edition and reveals the range and depth of prison scholarship around the world. The Handbook contains chapters written not only by those who have established and developed prison research, but also features contributions from ex-prisoners, prison governors and ... Read more
The second edition of the Handbook on Prisons provides a completely revised and updated collection of essays on a wide range of topics concerning prisons and imprisonment. Bringing together three of the leading prison scholars in the UK as editors, this new volume builds on the success of the first edition and reveals the range and depth of prison scholarship around the world. The Handbook contains chapters written not only by those who have established and developed prison research, but also features contributions from ex-prisoners, prison governors and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
760
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
1389g
Number of Pages
756
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415745666
SKU
V9780415745666
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Ref
99-1
About Yvonne Jewkes
Yvonne Jewkes is Professor of Criminology at the University of Leicester. She is editor of the first Handbook on Prisons (2007), author of Captive Audience: Media, Masculinity and Power in Prisons (2002), and series editor (with Ben Crewe and Thomas Ugelvik) of Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology. Yvonne's publications on prison architecture include (with Philip Hancock) 'Penal Aesthetics and ... Read more
Reviews for Handbook on Prisons
A significantly expanded range of issues and international sweep. Cutting edge stuff - original and challenging essays reaching way beyond the useful overview of the field that the title Handbook conjures up. David Brown, Emeritus Professor, Law Faculty, University of NSW, Sydney, Australia ... Read more