1st Edition
Punishment and Madness Governing Prisoners with Mental Health Problems
By Toby Seddon
Copyright 2007
216 Pages
by
Routledge-Cavendish
216 Pages
by
Routledge-Cavendish
216 Pages
by
Routledge-Cavendish
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The focus of this book is on the government of prisoners with mental health problems in England and Wales over the last twenty-five years. The wider context and backdrop to the book is the shift to 'late modernity', which, since the 1970s has seen massive structural change in most Western societies, affecting the social, economic and cultural spheres, as well as the field of crime and punishment.... Read more
1. Introduction: Punishment, Prisons and Madness 2. A Brief History of Imprisoning the 'Mad' 3. The New Right and Managerialism, 1980-1990 4. The Woolf Report and Prison Reform, 1990-1993 5. Penal Populism and Austere Institutions, 1993-1997 6. New Labour and Risk Management, 1997-2005 7. Conclusion
Biography
Toby Seddon is Senior Research Fellow in the School of Law at the University of Manchester.
