Criminology & Criminal Justice: Sentencing and Punishment

Edited by Jamie Bennett, Ben Crewe, Azrini Wahidin

The past decade has seen dramatic growth in every area of the prison enterprise. Yet our knowledge of the inner life of the prison remains limited. This book aims to redress this research gap by providing insight into various aspects of the daily life of prison staff. It provides a serious…

Paperback – 2007-11-01
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Edited by Rob Canton, David Hancock

Contemporary probation practice is developing rapidly and is become increasingly professionalized. Probation officers are typically described now as offender managers, and the creation of NOMS (National Offender Management Service) has broadened the remit of the Probation Service. As well as…

Paperback – 2007-09-21
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Edited by Loraine Gelsthorpe, Rod Morgan

This Handbook provides a comprehensive, authoritative and up-to-date source of information and analysis about all aspects of the work of the Probation Service.It takes full account of the many changes that the Probation Service has undergone over the last few years, and is currently undergoing as…

Paperback – 2007-05-01
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By Joel Harvey

This book examines how young men between the ages of 18 and 21 make the transition to prison life and how they adapt practically, socially and psychologically. Based on extensive research in Feltham Young Offenders Institution, this book examines in particular the role of social support, both…

Hardback – 2006-11-01
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Edited by Gerry Johnstone, Daniel Van Ness

This book provides a comprehensive and authoritative account and analysis of restorative justice, one of the most rapidly growing phenomena in the field of criminology and justice studies. This book aims to meet the need for a comprehensive, reliable and accessible overview of the subject. It…

Paperback – 2006-10-01
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Edited by Alison Liebling, Shadd Maruna

As the number of prisoners in the UK, USA and elsewhere continues to rise, so have concerns risen about the damaging short term and long term effects this has on prisoners. This book brings together a group of leading authorities in this field, both academics and practitioners, to address the…

Paperback – 2006-09-01
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Cambridge Criminal Justice Series

By Elaine M Crawley

This book provides a much-needed sociological account of the social world of the English prison officer, making an original contribution to our understanding of the inner life of prisons in general and the working lives of prison officers in particular. As well as revealing how the job of the…

Paperback – 2006-07-01
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By Robin Moore, Emily Gray, Colin Roberts, Emily Taylor, Simon Merrington

Over the last few years intensive community programmes for both young and adult offenders have become established in the UK as an important new component of penal policy − the ISSP (Intensive Supervision and Surveillance Programme) for persistent and serious young offenders, and the ICCP (Intensive…

Paperback – 2006-07-01
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Edited by Yvonne Jewkes, Helen Johnston

Prison Readings provides a comprehensive, critical introduction to the main debates and dilemmas associated with prisons and imprisonment, bringing together a selection of the key readings on the subject, along with a comprehensive introduction and commentary written by the editors. It will be…

Paperback – 2006-02-01
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By Mary Corcoran

This book provides a comprehensive account of the imprisonment of women for politically motivated offences in Northern Ireland between 1972 and 1999. Women political prisoners were engaged in a campaign to obtain formal recognition as political prisoners, and then to retain this status after it was…

Paperback – 2006-02-01
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Edited by Jane Winstone, Francis Pakes

This book provides and accessible text and critical analysis of the concepts and delivery of community justice, a focal point in contemporary criminal justice. The probation service in particular has undergone radical changes in relation to professional training, roles and delivery of services…

Paperback – 2005-09-01
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Edited by John Pratt, David Brown, Mark Brown, Simon Hallsworth, Wayne Morrison

Throughout much of the western world more and more people are being sent to prison, one of a number of changes inspired by a 'new punitiveness' in penal and political affairs. This book seeks to understand these developments, bringing together leading authorities in the field to provide a…

Paperback – 2005-02-01
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