Prison policy in Ireland: politics, penal-welfarism and political imprisonment
By: Mary Rogan
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9780415616188; 9780415616195; 9780203828885
Subjects: Prison administration; Punishment; Prisons
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-230) and index.
Table of contents: title: Understanding prison policy: the sociology of punishment and policy-making; title: Prison policy in Ireland from independence to 'the emergency' - Civil War and conservative administration; title: Prison policy during 'the emergency': the recurring effects of subversion and stagnation; title: Prison policy during the 1950s: low numbers and limited interest; title: Prison policy during the 1960s: 'solo runs' and social change; title: Prison policy in the 1970s: subversion, suspicion and tension; title: Prison policy during the 1980s; title: Prison policy during the 1990s: the crucial decade; title: Prison policy since 2000 and beyond; title: Conclusion: unravelling the nature of Irish prison policy.