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Doing Time

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Doing Time Synopsis

This 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.

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ISBN: 9780333752319
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Author: Roger Matthews
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 288 pages
Genres: Sociology
Penology and punishment
Social welfare and social services
Crime and criminology

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