Comparing Prison Systems
Author:   Nigel South ,  Robert P. Weiss
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Volume:   v.8.
ISBN:  

9789057005114


Pages:   508
Publication Date:   21 January 1999
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Nigel South ,  Robert P. Weiss
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Volume:   v.8.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.725kg
ISBN:  

9789057005114


ISBN 10:   9057005115
Pages:   508
Publication Date:   21 January 1999
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Crime, punishment and the state of prisons in a changing world; punishment in the American democracy - the paradoxes of good intentions; Canadian prisons; the crisis in Mexican prisons - the impact of the United States; power, punishment and prisons in England and Wales - 1975-1996; Germany - ups and downs in the resort to imprisonment; strategic or unplanned outcomes?; facing difference - relations, change and the prison sector in contemporary China; the Japanese experience; penality and imprisonment in Australia; change and continuity in South African prisons.

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Weiss and South have put together a book that should become a criminological classic. In my 25 years as a criminologist I have never seen anything like this! A must read for all concerned about the future of the world. -Randall G. Shelden of University of Nevada-Las Vegas


Weiss and South have put together a book that should become a criminological classic. In my 25 years as a criminologist I have never seen anything like this! A must read for all concerned about the future of the world. <br>-Randall G. Shelden of University of Nevada-Las Vegas <br>


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Nigel South University of Essex, Robert P. Weiss

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