Title: The penal system : an introduction /
Authors: Cavadino, Michael, 1953-; Dignan, James.
Publisher: Sage Publications,
Year: 2002
Subjects: Corrections England.; Corrections Wales.; Imprisonment England.; Imprisonment Wales.; Criminal justice, Administration of England; Criminal justice, Administration of Wales.
Contents: Crisis? What Crisis? -- Justifying Punishment -- Explaining Punishment -- Court Decisions: The Crux of the Crisis -- Community Penalties and the Future of Punishment -- Prisons and the Penal Crisis -- Prison Privatization -- Panacea or Pandora's Box? -- Early Release: The Penal System's Safety Valve -- Young Offenders: Systems Management or System Disaster? -- Bias in the Criminal Justice System -- Solving the Crisis?