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Offers an examination of prisons - how they function, what they achieve, and their historical and political context. This book describes how prisons developed into their present form. It looks at who is sent to prison and what happens to them while they are there. It explains how the prison system and staff in England and Wales are organised.
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Understanding Prisons: Key Issues in Policy and Practice, Andrew Coyle, Helen Fair, Jessica Jacobson, Roy Walmsley
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- Released
- 2005
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- Title
- Understanding Prisons: Key Issues in Policy and Practice
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Andrew Coyle, Helen Fair, Jessica Jacobson, Roy Walmsley
- Publisher
- Open University Press
- Released
- 2005
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0335213383
- ISBN13
- 9780335213382
- Description
- Offers an examination of prisons - how they function, what they achieve, and their historical and political context. This book describes how prisons developed into their present form. It looks at who is sent to prison and what happens to them while they are there. It explains how the prison system and staff in England and Wales are organised.