African Penal Systems (Routledge Revivals) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1032798432 ISBN 13: 9781032798431

Publisher: Routledge, 2026

Synopsis

First published in 1969, African Penal Systems is the first book to explore the problems of African criminology. Sixteen distinguished contributors- sociologists, lawyers, and psychiatrists- each an authority on some aspect of African penal problems, have collaborated to produce it. Its first part gives a general survey of the penal systems of some fourteen African countries, variously English, French, or Portuguese inclined, or wholly autochthonous. Part two includes six specialist contributions on various detailed problems in the development and operation of the modern African systems.

In his introduction Alan Milner, describes the sociological forces responsible for the increase of crime in Africa and examines the possibility of the growth of a peculiarly African approach to the solution of its penal problems. This is a must read for scholars and researchers African Studies, criminology, and African Law.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1032798432
• ISBN 13: 9781032798431
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 518
• Editor: Milner Alan