Doing Time : An Introduction to the Sociology of Imprisonment

Matthews, Roger

ISBN 10: 0230235514 / ISBN 13: 9780230235519

Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 6524047-n

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Doing Time is an essential text for students in criminology and criminal justice - a one-stop overview of key debates in punishment and imprisonment. This edition, thoroughly revised and updated throughout, is a highly accessible guide, providing the tools to critically engage with today’s central issues in penology and penal policy.Examining imprisonment both historically and sociologically, and in international perspective, Doing Time outlines theoretical debates, and goes beyond standard introductory texts to help students develop their own critical and informed opinions. This new edition includes:• three new chapters• an up-to-date bibliography• fully revised statistical information • a guide to key internet resourcesIssues explored include:• how incarceration became established as the foremost form of punishment• the role of space, time and labor in the evolution of prisons and prison life• why prison populations are rising despite the fall in crime figures• an examination of key prison populations - juveniles, women and ethnic groups• crime and the business cycle - links between crime, unemployment and imprisonment• globalization and crime control• the future of imprisonment

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Roger Matthews is Professor of Criminology at London South Bank University, UK. He is Head of the Crime Reduction and Community Safety Research Group. He is sole author of Armed Robbery and Prostitution, Politics and Policy. He has also produced joint authored texts on community safety and edited a number of books on criminological theory, imprisonment and crime control.

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Titel: Doing Time : An Introduction to the ...
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan
Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: New
Auflage: 2. Auflage