Pain And Retribution: A Short History Of British Prisons 1066 To The Present David Wilson Reaktion Books Αγγλικά Βιβλία World

Pain And Retribution Charts The Rise Of A Form Punishment That Takes Place Behind Walls Institution We Have Come To Call ‘Prison’ It Is First Single-Volume History British Prisons Charting Their From Time Norman Conquest Present Day Written By Former Prison Governor Who Now One Country’s Leading Criminologists Book Offers Unrivalled Insight Into System In England Scotland Wales David Wilson Using Criminological Theory Looks At Way Which Has Needed Satisfy Demands Three Interested Parties: Public Including Politicians Media Commentators Second Staff Third Prisoners Themselves Amount Influence Each These Different Factions Had Varied Points According Prevailing Concerns Issues Period Inability All Groups Same Means Perpetually Crisis Therefore Seen As Failure Ironically Continues Prosper Terms Numbers Incarcerated Vast Money Society Invests Keeping Them Locked Up Explores An Discusses Not Only Gets Imprisoned But Also What Happens People When They Are ‘Banged Up’ Investigates How Designed Organized Managed Allowing Reader Access Areas Landing Doors He Asks Searching Questions About Purpose Britain’s Current Why Exerts Such Hold On Collective Psyche Imagination Σελίδες: 240 Διαστάσεις: 15 6X15 6Cm