Description:There are over nine million men, women and children in prison around the world, and the number of people in prison in England and Wales has increased significantly in recent years. Yet in many respects prison remains the last secretive public institution in our society. Understanding Prisons provides a unique, in-depth examination of prisons how they function, what they achieve, and their historical and political context. The book: . Describes how prisons developed into their present form. Looks at who is sent to prison and what happens to them while they are there. Explains how the prison system and staff in England and Wales are organised. Examines how order and control is maintained and how high security prisons operate. Looks at prisoners families and the wider community. Offers a future vision of the prison system. This is essential reading for criminology and sociology students and researchers, criminal justice practitioners, the media and members of the public who are interested in learning more about the closed world of the prisonWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Understanding Prisons: Key Issues in Policy and Practice. To get started finding Understanding Prisons: Key Issues in Policy and Practice, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
221
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
—
Release
2014
ISBN
0335224644
Understanding Prisons: Key Issues in Policy and Practice
Description: There are over nine million men, women and children in prison around the world, and the number of people in prison in England and Wales has increased significantly in recent years. Yet in many respects prison remains the last secretive public institution in our society. Understanding Prisons provides a unique, in-depth examination of prisons how they function, what they achieve, and their historical and political context. The book: . Describes how prisons developed into their present form. Looks at who is sent to prison and what happens to them while they are there. Explains how the prison system and staff in England and Wales are organised. Examines how order and control is maintained and how high security prisons operate. Looks at prisoners families and the wider community. Offers a future vision of the prison system. This is essential reading for criminology and sociology students and researchers, criminal justice practitioners, the media and members of the public who are interested in learning more about the closed world of the prisonWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Understanding Prisons: Key Issues in Policy and Practice. To get started finding Understanding Prisons: Key Issues in Policy and Practice, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.