The State of Our Prisons

by Kathleen McDermott and Roy D. King

The State of Our Prisons reviews the changes in prisons policy and practice in England and Wales from the period following the May Committee to the present day, and presents the most authoritative and independent commentary on the work of the prison system to date. Based on previously unpublished original research spanning the years 1984 through 1991--all supported by the Economic and Social Research Council--Roy King and Kathleen McDermott chart...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198254490
• ISBN13: 9780198254492
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.4"