Alison Liebling

Prisons and Their Moral Performance

A Study of Values, Quality, and Prison Life

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book constitutes a critical case study of the modern search for public sector reform. It includes a detailed account of a study aimed at developing a meaningful way of evaluating difficult-to-measure moral dimensions of the quality of prisons.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 584
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. August 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 224mm x 153mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 839g
• ISBN-13: 9780199271221
• ISBN-10: 0199271224
• Artikelnr.: 21293732

Autorenporträt

Alison Liebling is University Reader in Criminology and Criminal Justice and Director of the Prisons Research Centre at the Cambridge University Institute of Criminology. She is also a Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Helen Arnold is at the Cambridge University Institute of Criminology.

Inhaltsangabe

* PART 1: INTRODUCTION: PENAL VALUES AND PRISON EVALUATION * 1: 1. The Late Modern Prison and The Question of Values * 2: 2. The Measurement and Evaluation of Prison Regimes * 3: Identifying 'What Matters' in Prison * 4: Particular Prisons and Their Qualities * PART 2: THE MEANING AND MEASUREMENT OF KEY DIMENSIONS OF PRISON LIFE * 5: Relationship Dimensions: Respect
Humanity
Trust
Relationships
and Support * 6: Regime Dimensions: Fairness
Order
Safety
Well-Being
Personal Development
Family Contact
and Decency * 7: Social Structure and Other Dimensions: Power
Prisoner Social Life
Meaning
and Quality of Life * PART 3: PENAL VALUES AND PRISON MANAGEMENT * 8: Managing Modern Prisons and their Performance * 9: Security
Harmony
and 'What Matters' in Prison Life * 10: Legitimacy
Decency
and the Moral Performance of Prisons