David Downes

The Official History of Criminal Justice in England and Wales

Volume III: The Rise and Fall of Penal Hope

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Volume III of The Official History of Criminal Justice in England and Wales draws on archival sources and individual accounts to offer a history of penal policymaking in England and Wales between 1959 and 1997.

Produktdetails

• Government Official History Series
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 278
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. April 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 161mm x 241mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 586g
• ISBN-13: 9780367653958
• ISBN-10: 0367653958
• Artikelnr.: 62227517

Autorenporträt

David Downes is Professor Emeritus of Social Policy and a member and former director of the Mannheim Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice at the London School of Economics, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Rise of Penal Hope, 1895-1967 2. Dropping the Admiral: Changing
policy on maximum security imprisonment, 1965-8 3. Getting to Grips: The
making of the dispersal system, 1968-79 4. Forcing the Issue: Penal policy
from May to Langdon 5. The Making of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 6. The
Woolf Report and After 7. The Pursuit of Innovation 8. Conclusion