Crisis and change in the British and Dutch prison service
Subtitle: understanding crisis-reform processes
By: by Sandra L. Resodihardjo.
Publisher: Ashgate Pub.; Routledge
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9780754675495
Subjects: Prisons -- Great Britain; Prisons -- Netherlands; Prison administration -- Great Britain; Prison administration -- Netherlands
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Crisis and reform in the public sector; title: The crisis-reform thesis: how crises can lead to reform; title: Prison systems : pre-crisis descriptions; title: The Dutch prison service : cell-shortages and escapes (1992-1993); title: Riots and reform in England (1990-1991); title: The escapes from Whitemoor and Parkhurst (1994-1995); title: Recognizing patterns of reform; title: Alternative paths to reform.