Comparing Prison Systems
Subtitle: Toward a Comparative and International Penology
By: edited by Robert P. Weiss and Nigel South.
Contributors: Weiss, Robert P.; South, Nigel.
Series: International Studies in Global Change S -- v.8.
Publisher: Gordon & Breach Science Publishers; Routledge
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Amsterdam
Language: eng
Number of pages: 488
Description: Compares prison systems of 15 nations, and addresses crisis and change in penology which occurred during 1980s and 1990s. The contributors identify various problems which face penal systems throughout the world, and compare a variety of these systems by employing sociological analysis.
Notes: Professional & Scholarly.