The penal system : an introduction / Michael Cavadino and James Dignan.
By: Cavadino, Michael
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Contributor(s): Dignan, James.
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TextPublisher: London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, 2007Edition: 4th ed.Description: vii, 474 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781412929462; 9781412929479.Subject(s): Corrections -- England | Corrections -- Wales | Imprisonment -- England | Imprisonment -- Wales | Criminal justice, Administration of -- England | Criminal justice, Administration of -- WalesDDC classification: 365.942 | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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REFERENCE BOOK
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Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University Library | 365.942 (Browse shelf) | Available | 2897 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [414]-456) and index.
Machine generated contents note: 1 Crisis? What Crisis? -- 2 Justifying Punishment -- 3 Explaining Punishment -- 4 Court Decisions: the Crux of the Crisis -- 5 Community Penalties and the Future of Punishment -- 6 Prisons and the Penal Crisis -- 7 Prison Privatization: Panacea or Pandora's Box? -- 8 Early Release: the Penal System's Safety Valve -- 9 Young Offenders: Systems Management or System Disaster? -- 10 Bias in the Criminal Justice System -- 11 Solving the Crisis? -- A Self-Study Guide to Electronic Sources Available on the -- Internet.
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