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This concise and accessible guide offers a critical overview of the prison system in England and Wales for students and practitioners. The book guides the reader through prison life as experienced by different stakeholder groups and is packed with learning features such as case studies and key concepts.

Table of Contents
1. Orienting the Prison 2. The Birth of the Prison 3. Prison: The Modern Context 4. Doing Time: How Different Groups Experience Prison Differently 5. Prison Life 6. Theorising Punishment and the Pains of Imprisonment 7. Doing Prison Work 8. Leaving Prison, Resettling and Returning 9. Prison on an International Scale 10. What Next for Prisons?

A Guide to Prisons and Penal Policy

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A Hardback by Rachel Vipond

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    Publisher: Bristol University Press
    Publication Date: 25/04/2023
    ISBN13: 9781447365419, 978-1447365419
    ISBN10: 1447365410
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    Criminal justice law Sentencing and punishment

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    This concise and accessible guide offers a critical overview of the prison system in England and Wales for students and practitioners. The book guides the reader through prison life as experienced by different stakeholder groups and is packed with learning features such as case studies and key concepts.

    Table of Contents
    1. Orienting the Prison 2. The Birth of the Prison 3. Prison: The Modern Context 4. Doing Time: How Different Groups Experience Prison Differently 5. Prison Life 6. Theorising Punishment and the Pains of Imprisonment 7. Doing Prison Work 8. Leaving Prison, Resettling and Returning 9. Prison on an International Scale 10. What Next for Prisons?

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