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Author Cavadino, Michael, 1953-

Title The penal system : an introduction / Michael Cavadino and James Dignan
Published London ; Newbury Park, Calif. : Sage, 1992

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 MELB  365.942 Cav/Psa  AVAILABLE
Description 298 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents 1. Crisis? What Crisis? -- 2. Justifying Punishment -- 3. Explaining Punishment -- 4. Court Decisions: The Crux of the Crisis -- 5. Prisons: Expansion and Explosion -- 6. Early Release: The Penal System's Safety Valve -- 7. Non-Custodial Penalties: Towards Decarceration or the Punitive City? -- 8. Young Offenders: From System Disaster to Systems Management? -- 9. Bias in the Criminal Justice System -- 10. Solving the Crisis?
Analysis England
Penal systems
Wales
England
Penal systems
Wales
Notes Bibliography: p265-282. - Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-282) and index
Subject Corrections -- England.
Corrections -- Wales.
Criminal justice, Administration of -- England.
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Wales.
Imprisonment -- England.
Imprisonment -- Wales.
Author Dignan, James.
LC no. 92050276
ISBN 0803983433
0803983441 (paperback)