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Author: Kieran McEvoy (Reader in Law, Reader in Law, The Queen's University, Belfast)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 14.50cm
, Height: 2.90cm
, Length: 22.40cm
Weight: 0.639kg
ISBN: 9780198299073
ISBN 10: 0198299079
Pages: 440
Publication Date: 04 October 2001
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
Although ostensibly a study of paramilitary imprisonment in Northern Ireland, McEvoy's work will be of great interest to a much wider readership than criminologists. The book provides insights into far wider aspects of the Northern Ireland problem and is an impressive piece of scholarship. The extensive interview data are illuminating and well utilised ... an impressive book. Irish Political Studies The main focus of the book is a very welcome and valuable contribution to the literature on Northern Ireland. McEvoy's analysis of the tactics employed by republican prisoners in their quest for the reintroduction of political status post 1976 is both absorbing and convincing. Irish Political Studies ... significant and unique study ... needs to be read by any serious student of the Northern Ireland Troubles. Irish Studies Review This in an outstanding ... contribution to the prisons literature. It serves as an important piece of history, but more important, as a fully sociological and original analysis of strategies of coping, management, control and resistance. Alison Leibling, British Journal of Criminology, Vol. 42/3,
`Kieran McEvoy's book is the first comprehensive account of paramilitary imprisonment in the Province ... McEvoy's competent introduction eases the reader into the complexities of his subject and provides the non-Irish specialist with an excellent synopsis of the three protagonists: state, unionists/loyalists and nationalists/republicans ... impressive bibliography ... significant and unique study ... needs to be read by any serious student of the Northern Ireland Troubles.' Irish Studies Review `McEvoy's case has important implications for the future direction of prison sociology ... The research on which the book is based is meticulous ... This is one of the book's many strengths.' British Journal of Criminology `... an important contribution to an already substantial literature... What makes this work so distinctive is its exhaustive analysis of prison life within what is widely known as Long Kesh, but is officially described as HMP Maze.' The Global Review of Ethnopolitics, Vol. 2, No. 1, Sept 2002 `... fascinating ... This book offers a valuable insight into a period of history in the North that affected both communities.' Derry Journal, 4 Jan 2002 `This is a sophisticated account of the struggle between the state and politically motivatd prisoners over their status and treatment in priosn over the last 30 years.' Alison Liebling, British Journal of Criminology, Vol. 42/3, `This in an outstanding... contribution to the prisons literature. It serves as an important piece of history, but more important, as a fully sociological and original analysis of strategies of coping, management, control and resistance.' Alison Leibling, British Journal of Criminology, Vol. 42/3,
Although ostensibly a study of paramilitary imprisonment in Northern Ireland, McEvoy's work will be of great interest to a much wider readership than criminologists. The book provides insights into far wider aspects of the Northern Ireland problem and is an impressive piece of scholarship. The extensive interview data are illuminating and well utilised ... an impressive book. Irish Political Studies The main focus of the book is a very welcome and valuable contribution to the literature on Northern Ireland. McEvoy's analysis of the tactics employed by republican prisoners in their quest for the reintroduction of political status post 1976 is both absorbing and convincing. Irish Political Studies ... significant and unique study ... needs to be read by any serious student of the Northern Ireland Troubles. Irish Studies Review This in an outstanding ... contribution to the prisons literature. It serves as an important piece of history, but more important, as a fully sociological and original analysis of strategies of coping, management, control and resistance. Alison Leibling, British Journal of Criminology, Vol. 42/3,
Author Information
Kieran McEvoy is a Reader in law at The Queen's University, Belfast
