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Book Synopsis"This book is something of a 'call to arms'â Towards the end of this carefully-researched and well-argued book there is an exhortation to 'step out', 'be brave', and Scott and Codd have, indeed, written a brave book which deserves to be read widely; not only for the detailed analysis it unfolds on the toxic effects of prison, but also for the energy and passion they bring to bear in exploding the many myths which support its continued use."British Journal of Community Justice, Vol 9, Issues 1 & 2 special issue on the Rehabilitation Revolution
"Scott and Coddâs Controversial Issues in Prison is a passionate plea for academics to be 'be brave' and 'step out', and thus to acknowledge that the idea of, for example, an 'healthy prison' being (p.170) 'an oxymoron. Prisons are places of sadness and terror, harm and injustice, secrecy and oppression'. Set over ten chapters, eight of which deal with a 'controversial issue' - mental health problems in prison, w
Table of Contents
Preface
Thinking about controversial issues in prison
Prisoners with mental health problems
Women prisoners
Children and young people in custody
'Race', racism and foreign national prisoners
Self inflicted deaths
The treatment of people who sexually offend
Drug takers
Prisoners and their families
Beyond penal controversies and towards abolitionism
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