Understanding prisons [[electronic resource] ] : key issues in policy and practice / / Andrew Coyle
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| Autore: |
Coyle Andrew
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| Titolo: |
Understanding prisons [[electronic resource] ] : key issues in policy and practice / / Andrew Coyle
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| Pubblicazione: | Maidenhead, : Open University Press, 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (220 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 365 |
| Soggetto topico: | Prisons - Great Britain |
| Imprisonment - Great Britain | |
| Prison administration - Great Britain | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 01; Chapter 02; Chapter 03; Chapter 04; Chapter 05; Chapter 06; Chapter 07; Chapter 08; Chapter 09; Bibliography; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 sy |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Understanding prisons |
| ISBN: | 1-280-95112-5 |
| 0-335-22464-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910784691103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Crime and justice (Buckingham, England)