The Prison System & Its Effects: Where from, Where to, and Why? (Criminal Justice Law Enforcemt) (Criminal Justice, Law Enforcement and Corrections) - Softcover

Taylor, Antony

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1617280356 ISBN 13: 9781617280351

Publisher: Nova Science Publishers Inc, 2010

Synopsis

To an Antipodean, this book is at first a fascinating development of the New Zealand Prison System which includes the history of penology prior to the phenomenon coming to these shores. However, this book is not only a history: it is also an exploration of more complex managerial and social issues concerning crime and its treatment, including the interweaving of different penal policies that have brought us to where we are now. In this revised and enlarged edition, it draws on the reactions of many people imprisoned for reasons other than their criminality. By doing that it throws fresh light on the reactions of mankind in general to the loss of liberty. As a result, it raises psychological issues of isolation in all kinds of confinement, captivity, and deprivation that will appeal to everyone who is trying to grapple with the administrative, clinical, legal, and moral problems they create.

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To an Antipodean, this book is a fascinating development of the New Zealand Prison System which includes the history of penology prior to the phenomenon coming to these shores. It is also an exploration of more complex managerial and social issues concerning crime and its treatment, including the interweaving of different penal policies.

Synopsis

This book traces the fascinating development of the New Zealand Prison System which includes the history of penology prior to the phenomenon coming there. But this book is not only a history: it is also an exploration of more complex managerial and social issues concerning crime and its treatment, including the interweaving of different penal policies that have brought the situation to where it is today. As such, it raises psychological issues of isolation in all shades of confinement, captivity, and deprivation that will appeal to everyone who is trying to grapple with the administrative, clinical, and legal problems they create. The work also traces the origins of imprisonment as a strategy used by rulers and ruling classes to retain their power, and more recently by duly elected governments to maintain social control and good order in their communities.

Edition details

• Publisher: Nova Science Publishers Inc
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1617280356
• ISBN 13: 9781617280351
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 315