Product Description

This is the most comprehensive and ambitious book on prisons to have been published, a key text for anybody studying the subject and an essential work of reference for practitioners working in prisons and other parts of the criminal justice system. It is especially timely in view of the many changes and debates about the role of prisons and their future organisation and management as part of the National Offender Management Service A key aim of the book is to explore a wide range of historical and contemporary issues relating to prisons, imprisonment and prison management, and to chart likely future trends. Chapters in the book are written by leading scholars in the field, and reflect the range and depth of prison research and scholarship. Like the "Handbook of Policing and Handbook of Crime Prevention and Community Safety", the "Handbook on Prisons" will be the essential book on the subject.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #102840 in Books
• Published on: 2007-05-23
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 778 pages

Customer Reviews

A valuable source of infomation
I have ordered this book as a present for my sister who will need it for her reasearch on prisons. This book is a valuable source of information as it encompasses a lot of articles of different authors and gives a very good idea of the current problems of penitentiary system - the image of prisons created by mass media, the problem of women in prisons...I am sure that this edition can be of valuable help to those who need an insight into the problems of penitentiary system and can give opinions of professionals on so many important issues.