The penal system : an introduction - Cavadino, Michael, 1953-; Dignan, James (London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, 2007)
Machine generated contents note: 1 Crisis? What Crisis? -- 2 Justifying Punishment -- 3 Explaining Punishment -- 4 Court Decisions: the Crux of the Crisis -- 5 Community Penalties and the Future of Punishment -- 6 Prisons and the Penal Crisis -- 7 Prison Privatization: Panacea or Pandora's Box? -- 8 Early Release: the Penal System's Safety Valve -- 9 Young Offenders: Systems Management or System Disaster? -- 10 Bias in the Criminal Justice System -- 11 Solving the Crisis? -- A Self-Study Guide to Electronic Sources Available on the -- Internet
Includes bibliographical references (p. [414]-456) and index
Keywords: Corrections -- England; Corrections -- Wales; Imprisonment -- England; Imprisonment -- Wales; Criminal justice, Administration of -- England; Criminal justice, Administration of -- Wales