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The penal system : an introduction / Michael Cavadino and James Dignan.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage, ©1997.Edition: Second editionDescription: [vi], 346 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0-7619-5327-2
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 1997 DC 345.42 C31p
Contents:
Crisis? What crisis? -- Justifying punishment -- Explaining punishment -- Court decisions: the crux of the crisis -- Prisons: expansion and explosion -- Prison privatization: panacea or Pandora̓s box? -- Early release: the penal system's safety valve -- Non-custodial penalties: towards decarceration or the punitive city? -- Young offenders: from system disaster to systems management? -- Bias in the criminal justice system -- Solving the crisis?
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Crisis? What crisis? -- Justifying punishment -- Explaining punishment -- Court decisions: the crux of the crisis -- Prisons: expansion and explosion -- Prison privatization: panacea or Pandora̓s box? -- Early release: the penal system's safety valve -- Non-custodial penalties: towards decarceration or the punitive city? -- Young offenders: from system disaster to systems management? -- Bias in the criminal justice system -- Solving the crisis?

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