description: This wide-ranging book provides a uniquely sociological account of the development and role of imprisonment in modern society. In developing the thesis that the process of imprisonment has shaped by changing the nature of space, time, and labor it examines the functioning of imprisonment in relation to changing socio-economic conditions, power relations, and strategies of social control.
language: English
title: Doing Time: An Introduction to the Sociology of Imprisonment
titlecomplete: Doing Time: An Introduction to the Sociology of Imprisonment
genres: Sociology
ratings_count: 8
publisher: Palgrave MacMillan