Prisons and the Problem of Order

by Will Hay, Bottoms Hay Sparks, Richard Sparks, et al.

Book Overview

The administration of prison regimes in modern Britain has remained a subject of intense debate and controversy for a number of years; in this book, based upon pioneering empirical research, three leading authorities examine the character of social life within two maximum-security prisons. By systematic comparison of the two prisons the authors compare the institutional structures and strategies they deploy for control of inmates. The material is...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198258186
• ISBN13: 9780198258186
• Release Date: August 1996
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 396 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.5"