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Record Nr.

UNINA9910476811103321

Autore

Willcocks Dianne

Titolo

Private lives in public places : a research-based critique of residential life in local authority old people's homes / / Dianne Willcocks, Sheila Peace, Leonie Kellaher ; with foreword by M. Powell Lawton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Taylor & Francis, , [1987]

©1987

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 168 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

362.1/6/0941

Soggetti

Old age homes - Activity programs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1 The Concept of Home; Chapter 2 The Legacy of Past Caring; Chapter 3 Crossing the Threshold; Chapter 4 Creators of Care: Staff; Chapter 5 The Physical World; Chapter 6 Institutional Living; Chapter 7 Private Lives in Public Places; Chapter 8 Unfinished Business.

Sommario/riassunto

Public Order and Private Lives is a radical examination of the political forces which shape the law and order debate in Britain. Mike Brake and Chris Hale provide a hard-hitting analysis of Conservative policies on Crime, showing that, ironically, Conservative policies have created the very social conditions in which crime has flourished. They argue that the government is undermining basic civil liberties by its increased use of legislation as a means of control and coercion.