| Description |
1 online resource (65 pages) : colour illustrations |
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Issues in society ; Volume 423 |
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Issues in society (Balmain, N.S.W.) ; v. 423.
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| Contents |
Chapter 1 -- Imprisonment in Australia; What is prison about?; Prisoner characteristics, Australia; Number of prisoners rises; First steps down the US path? Crime and punishment in Australia; The state of imprisonment in Australia: it's time to take stock; Daily life in prison; Prisoners and prison conditions; The health of Australia's prisoners; Prisoners report some improvements to health and health behaviours during incarceration; This is why you should care about the health of prisoners; Should prisoners be allowed to vote?; Youth detention population in Australia |
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Abuse in youth detention is not restricted to the Northern Territory Data gaps mean Indigenous incarceration rates may be even worse than we thought; How 'tough on crime' politics flouts death-in-custody recommendations; How can we mitigate the crime that is female over-imprisonment?; Do we care about old people behind bars, and should we?; Call to address corruption in the prison system; Private prison operators still hide from scrutiny, despite reform; The argument for prisons privatisation; Chapter 2 -- Alternatives to imprisonment |
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What are prisons for? Answering that is the starting point for reform What should punishment achieve in our criminal justice system?; Reducing imprisonment rates in Australia; Prisons policy is turning Australia into the second nation of captives; How to reduce Indigenous imprisonment rates; Should we be locking people up in prisons at all? ; Crime and punishment and rehabilitation: a smarter approach; Justice reinvestment: investing in communities not prisons; We need to raise the bar of our criminal justice system; Rethinking justice: vulnerability report |
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Exploring issues -- worksheets and activities Fast facts; Glossary; Web links; Index |
| Summary |
Why are prison numbers rising in Australia, and what are the alternatives to imprisonment? This book examines imprisonment rates and criminal justice reform options. Is the incarceration of offenders deterring them from re-offending and reducing crime rates? What are the human and financial costs of imprisonment, especially for detained young people and Indigenous Australians? How can we work towards more effective rehabilitation, crime reduction and justice reinvestment? Also includes: worksheets and activities, fast facts, glossary, web links, index |
| Analysis |
Australian |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Imprisonment -- Australia
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Indigenous children -- Effect of imprisonment on -- Australia
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Youth -- Effect of imprisonment on
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Punishment in crime deterrence -- Australia
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Criminal justice, Administration of -- Australia.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
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Criminal justice, Administration of
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Imprisonment
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Punishment in crime deterrence
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Australia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Healey, Justin, editor.
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| LC no. |
2017434631 |
| ISBN |
9781925339475 |
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1925339475 |
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9781925339468 |
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1925339467 |
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