1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457148803321

Autore

Chappell Louise A. <1966->

Titolo

Gendering government [[electronic resource] ] : feminist engagement with the state in Australia and Canada / / Louise A. Chappell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Vancouver, : UBC Press, 2002

ISBN

1-283-12986-8

9786613129864

0-7748-5042-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Disciplina

320.9/0082/0971

Soggetti

Feminism - Political aspects - Canada

Feminism - Political aspects - Australia

Women - Political activity - Canada

Women - Political activity - Australia

Comparative government

Electronic books.

Australia Politics and government 1945-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [188]-202) and index.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910464727703321

Autore

Wilson David

Titolo

Pain and retribution : a short history of British prisons 1066 to the present / / David Wilson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Reaktion Books, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-78023-323-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (242 p.)

Disciplina

365.941

Soggetti

Prisons - England - History

Prisons - Scotland - History

Prisons - Wales - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Pain and Retribution: A Short History of British Prisons, 1066 to the Present; Imprint Page; Contents; Introduction; One: Grand Castles and Thieves' Holes; Two: Prisons, Penitentiaries and the Origins of the Prison System; Three: The Prisons Act of 1877 and the Gladstone Report of 1895; Four: Decarceration and the Interwar Years; Five: From World War to World Cup, 1945-1966; Six: Custody, Security, Order and Control, 1967-1991; Seven: Politicians, the Public and Privatization, 1992-2010; Endings and Beginnings;  Beginnings and Endings; References; Bibliography; Acknowledgements

Photo AcknowledgementsIndex

Sommario/riassunto

Today, the Tower of London is a tourist site, home only to the crown jewels, but not long ago the imposing structure held traitors, political prisoners, and more, often on their way to the chopping block. Even outside of this famous building, prisons have changed radically since the Norman Conquest in 1066. In the first book on the history of prisons in Britain, former prison governor and professor of criminology David Wilson offers unrivaled insight into the penal system in England, Scotland, and Wales, charting the rise and fall of forms of punishments that take place behind their walls