Prisons in context
By: edited by Roy D. King, Mike Maguire.
Contributors: King, Roy D.; Maguire, Mike.
Publisher: Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Oxford, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
Subjects: Prisons -- Cross-cultural studies.; Imprisonment -- Cross-cultural studies.; Criminal justice, Administration of -- Cross-cultural studies.
Description: This study compares and contrasts prison systems in different countries, offering a broad view of recent developments in imprisonment theory and practice. Topics include Russian prisons after perestroika, women in prisons, privately-run prisons and human rights in prison.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
"This is special issue of of the British Journal of Criminology."