Doing Time

An Introduction to the Sociology of Imprisonment

Roger Matthews (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

297 Seiten

2009 | 2nd ed. 2009
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
9780230235526 (ISBN)

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The new edition of Doing Time brings this widely recognized book up-to-date and provides an accessible and informed discussion of current debates around prisons and penal policy. Drawing on a range of international material the book provides a critical sociological analysis of developments in imprisonment.

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.

List of Tables and Figures Preface to Second Edition Acknowledgements The Emergence of the Modern Prison Space, Time and Labour Order, Control and Adaption in Prison The Political Economy of Imprisonment ThePolitics andCultureof Imprisonment Crime, Sentencing and Imprisonment Youth Justice and Youth Custody Women's Imprisonment Race and Imprisonment The Future of Imprisonment Bibliography

Erscheint lt. Verlag	28.8.2009
Zusatzinfo	XI, 297 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften
	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-13	9780230235526 / 9780230235526
Zustand	Neuware