Nigel South, Robert P. Weiss

Comparing Prison Systems (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

this book provides in-depth, original and critical analyses by leading scholars of the penal systems of 16 nations around the world, focusing on changes in social structure, culture and punishment since 1975.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 508
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134388943
• Artikelnr.: 40301108

Autorenporträt

Nigel South University of Essex, Robert P. Weiss

Inhaltsangabe

Crime, punishment and the state of prisons in a changing world
punishment in the American democracy - the paradoxes of good intentions
Canadian prisons
the crisis in Mexican prisons - the impact of the United States
power, punishment and prisons in England and Wales - 1975-1996
Germany - ups and downs in the resort to imprisonment
strategic or unplanned outcomes?
facing difference - relations, change and the prison sector in contemporary China
the Japanese experience
penality and imprisonment in Australia
change and continuity in South African prisons.