Christopher Harding, Bill Hines, Richard Ireland

Imprisonment in England and Wales

A Concise History

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Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1985,this title is an account of the changing functions and conditions of imprisonment in England and Wales from the Medieval period to the present day. It is one of the few attempts to provide an overall view of the institution of imprisonment in this country over a period of several centuries.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 334
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 553g
• ISBN-13: 9781032558608
• ISBN-10: 1032558601
• Artikelnr.: 69946467

Autorenporträt

Christopher Harding, Bill Hines, Richard Ireland and Philip Rawlings

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations. Preface. Introduction. Part One: The Middle Ages 1.
The Structure and Organisation of Imprisonment 2. The Population and
Conditions Within Prisons Part Two: The Early Modern Period 3. Developments
in Punishment 4. The Prison System Part Three: The Period 1750 to 1877 5.
The Rediscovery of the Prison 6. Reformation or Punishment? Part Four:
Modern Period, from 1877 7. The Organisation of a State Prison System 8.
Types of Prison Sentence and the Prison Regime 9. The Social Functions of
Imprisonment. Discussion and Concluding Remarks. Review of Literature and
Sources. Chronological Table. Appendices. Index.