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Why Prison?

Why Prison?

by David Gordon Scott

PrisonsImprisonmentAlternatives to imprisonmentPunishmentCrime
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Prison studies has experienced a period of great creativity in recent years, and this collection draws together some of the field's most exciting and innovative contemporary critical writers in order to engage directly with one of the most profound questions in penology - why prison? In addressing this question, the authors connect contemporary penological thought with an enquiry that has received the attention of some of the greatest thinkers on punishment in the past. Through critical exploration of the theories, policies and practices of imprisonment, the authors analyse why prison persists and why prisoner populations are rapidly rising in many countries. Collectively, the chapters provide not only a sophisticated diagnosis and critique of global hyper-incarceration but also suggest principles and strategies that could be adopted to radically reduce our reliance upon imprisonment. -- Publisher website.

Themes & subjects

PrisonsImprisonmentAlternatives to imprisonmentPunishmentCrimeAdministration of Criminal justice

About the author

David Gordon Scott
David Gordon Scott

8 Oct 1971

British criminologist, abolitionist and author. He is a criminologist at The Open University in Milton Keynes

Author

David Gordon Scott

Pages

408

Read time

≈ 10h

Editions

2

Language

English

Publisher

University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations

ISBN

9781107030749

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