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Privatizing Prisons: Rhetoric and Reality (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780803975491)
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xThis book makes public, for the first time, a full account of the development of the privatization of prisons, centred on the only full-scale empirical study yet to have been undertaken in Britain.
After providing an up-to-date overview of the development of private sector involvement in penal practice in the United Kingdom, North America, Europe and Australia, the authors go on to describe the first two years in the life of Wolds Remand Prison - the first private prison in Britain.
They look at the daily life for remand prisoners, assess the duties and morale of staff and compare the workings of Wolds to a new local prison in the public sector. The authors conclude by discussing some of the practical and theoretica
Author: Adrian L. James,Keith Bottomley,Alison Liebling
ISBN-10: 080397549X
ISBN-13: 9780803975491
Publisher: Sage Publications UK
Language: English
Published: 07/01/1997
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.54lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.44d
By Adrian L. James
xAdrian James is a Senior Lecturer in Applied Social Studies at the University of Hull.
Keith Bottomley is Professor of Criminology at the University of Hull.
Emma Clare is Research Associate at the University of Hull.
Alison Liebling is Senior Research Associate at the Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge.
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