Cavadino, Michael,  1953- <br/><br/>
The penal system :  an introduction / 
Michael Cavadino and James Dignan. 
 - 4th ed. 
 - London ;  Thousand Oaks, Calif. :  SAGE Publications,  2007. 
 - vii, 474 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [414]-456) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781412929462 9781412929479 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007282277 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Corrections--England.<br/>Corrections--Wales.<br/>Imprisonment--England.<br/>Imprisonment--Wales.<br/>Criminal justice, Administration of--England.<br/>Criminal justice, Administration of--Wales.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV9647  / .C38  2007 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>365.942