Doing Time: An Introduction to the Sociology of ImprisonmentThis book is designed to acquaint students with some of the main issues associated with the emergence and development of the modern prison. It draws on a range of sociological theorising in order to analyse the organisation and the functioning of the prison. It examines the conditions for the expansion of the prison and explores the possibilities for limiting prison use through the development of alternatives to custody. In particular, it looks in some detail at the relation between imprisonment and class, age, gender and race. |
Contents
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2 Space Time and Labour | 26 |
3 Order Control and Adaptation in Prison | 51 |
Data Trends and Analysis | 81 |
5 Unemployment Crime and Imprisonment | 104 |
6 The Scale of Imprisonment | 129 |
7 Young People in Custody | 154 |
8 Womens Imprisonment | 179 |
9 Race and Imprisonment | 208 |
10 The Future of Imprisonment | 236 |
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Doing Time: An Introduction to the Sociology of Imprisonment Roger Matthews No preview available - 1999 |
Doing Time: An Introduction to the Sociology of Imprisonment Roger Matthews No preview available - 1999 |
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