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

9789057005107


Pages:   508
Publication Date:   23 October 1998
Format:   Hardback
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Comparing and contrasting the prison systems of 15 nations, this volume addresses the crisis and change in penology which has occurred during the 1980s and 1990s. The contributors identify both common and unusual problems which face penal systems throughout the world, and compare a variety of these systems by employing sociological analysis. Analyses of the penal systems in industrial, non-industrial, stable and unstable nations are undertaken here, and possible prospects for social and penal reform around the globe are discussed.

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Author:   Nigel South ,  Robert P. Weiss
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Volume:   v.8.
Weight:   1.100kg
ISBN:  

9789057005107


ISBN 10:   9057005107
Pages:   508
Publication Date:   23 October 1998
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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. <br>-Randall G. Shelden of University of Nevada-Las Vegas <br>


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


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Nigel South University of Essex, Robert P. Weiss

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