Why Prison?

Book Overview

Prison studies has experienced a period of great creativity in recent years, and this collection draws together some of the field's most exciting and innovative contemporary critical writers in order to engage directly with one of the most profound questions in penology - why prison? In addressing this question, the authors connect contemporary penological thought with an enquiry that has received the attention of some of the greatest thinkers on...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107521807
• ISBN13: 9781107521803
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"