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Prisons & punishment : the essentials (2nd edition.)

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Covering all the key topics across the subject of Penology, this book gives you the tools you need to delve deeper and critically examine issues relating to prisons and punishment. The second edition: explores prisons and punishment within national, international and comparative contexts, and draws upon contemporary case studies throughout to illustrate key themes and issues includes new sections on actuarial justice, proportionality, sentencing principles, persistent offending, rehabilitation, and abolitionist approaches to punishment features a The book also includes a useful study skills section which guides you through essay writing and offers hints and tips on how you can get the most out of your lectures and seminars. This is the perfect primer for all undergraduate students of Criminology taking modules on Prisons and Punishment or Penology.

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SAGE Publications Ltd
1446273474 / 9781446273470
Paperback / softback
364.6
08/04/2014
United Kingdom
English
296 pages
21 cm
Previous edition: published as Penology by David Scott. 2008.