What Are Prisons For?

Hindpal Singh Bhui argues that we need to look at who is sent to prison and why to disentangle reality from ideology and myth. Including the voices of prisoners, prison staff and victims, he asks whether prison is an institution for managing marginalized people, or if there is a better way to achiev...

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Main Author: Singh Bhui, Hindpal (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: Bristol Bristol University Press 2024
In:Year: 2024
Edition:1st ed.
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Prisons > History
Imprisonment > History
Alternatives to imprisonment
Criminals > Rehabilitation
Criminal justice, Administration of
Prisons - Histoire
Emprisonnement - Histoire
Emprisonnement - Alternative
Réhabilitation
Strafvollzug > Justizvollzugsanstalt > Justizvollzugsbeamter > Strafgefangener > Verbrechensopfer > Geschichte
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic