TY - BOOK AU - Cavadino, Michael., author. TI - The penal system: an introduction / SN - 0-7619-5327-2 U1 - DC 345.42 1997 PY - 1997/// CY - Thousand Oaks, Calif. : PB - Sage, KW - Corrections KW - England KW - Wales KW - Imprisonment KW - England KW - Wales KW - Criminal justice, Administration of N1 - 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 Pandorà“s 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? ER -