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Prisons, Punishment and the Pursuit of Security

Prisons, Punishment and the Pursuit of Security - Critical Criminological Perspectives

2012

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Publisher's Synopsis

Drawing on research in men's long-term, maximum-security prisons, this book examines three interconnected problems: the tendency of the prison to obscure other social problems and conceal its own failings, the pursuit of greater levels of human security through repressive and violent means and the persistence of the belief in the problem of 'evil'.

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Book information

ISBN: 9781137455109
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Pub date:
Edition: 2012
DEWEY: 365.942
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 220
Weight: 290g
Height: 216mm
Width: 147mm
Spine width: 13mm