{"product_id":"the-rise-and-fall-of-victor-bailey-9780367077099","title":"The Rise and Fall of the Rehabilitative Ideal, 1895-1970","description":"\u003cp\u003eSpanning almost a century of penal policy and practice in England and Wales, this book is a study of the long arc of \u003ci\u003ethe rehabilitative ideal\u003c\/i\u003e, beginning in 1895, the year of the Gladstone Committee on Prisons, and ending in 1970, when the policy of treating and training criminals was very much on the defensive. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on a plethora of source material, such as the official papers of mandarins, ministers, and magistrates, measures of public opinion, prisoner memoirs, publications of penal reform groups and prison officers, the reports of Royal Commissions and Departmental Committees, political opinion in both Houses of Parliament and the research of the first cadre of criminologists, this book comprehensively examines a number of aspects of the British penal system, including judicial sentencing, law-making, and the administration of legal penalties. In doing so, Victor Bailey expertly weaves a complex and nuanced picture of punishment in twentieth-century England and Wales, one that incorporates the enduring influence of the death penalty, and will force historians to revise their interpretation of twentieth-century social and penal policy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis detailed and ground-breaking account of \u003ci\u003ethe rise and fall of the rehabilitative ideal\u003c\/i\u003e will be essential reading for scholars and students of the history of crime and justice and historical criminology, as well as those interested in social and legal history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Victor Bailey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0367077094\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780367077099\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/16\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 568\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.25d","brand":"Victor Bailey","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064850460927,"sku":"9780367077099","price":210.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ac00cf92-9f90-49a5-934c-78c927181359.jpg?v=1768671454","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-rise-and-fall-of-victor-bailey-9780367077099","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}