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The Penal System: An Introduction

Now in its Sixth Edition, this book remains the most comprehensive and authoritative on the penal system, providing students with an incisive, critical account of the punitive, managerial and humanitarian approaches to criminal justice.

 

Fully updated to cover the most recent changes in the Criminal Justice System, the new edition: 

  • Outlines contemporary policy debates on sentencing, staffing, youth custody and overcrowding.
  • Explores growing inequalities in the criminal justice system including issues of race, religion, gender and sexuality, with new content on faith, and transgender prisoners.
  • Considers the impact of privatisation on the probation service.
  • Discusses the most recent debates around the parole process, including high-profile cases and attempts at reform.

The book is supported by online resources for lecturers and students, including chapter PowerPoints, sample syllabus, summaries of key legislative acts, bills and official reports, a list of recommended further reading for each chapter, and links to important Penal Agencies and Organisations, Law Reform Organisations, and other useful academic sites.

 

Essential reading for students of criminal justice and criminology, studying penology, punishments and the penal system.

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Product Details
  • Weight: 1020g
  • Dimensions: 186 x 232mm
  • Publication Date: 20 Dec 2019
  • Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781526460684

About George MairJames DignanJamie BennettMick Cavadino

Michael Cavadino who is Emeritus Professor of Law at the University of Central Lancashire is an internationally known author and researcher in the fields of penology (the study of punishment) and mental health law. He is co-author of the leading textbook on the penal system of England and Wales (M Cavadino J Dignan and G Mair The Penal System: An Introduction 5th ed. Sage Publications 2013). His other works include Mental Health Law in Context: Doctors Orders? (Dartmouth 1989) and M Cavadino and J Dignan Penal Systems: A Comparative Approach (Sage Publications 2006). George Mair is Professor of Criminal Justice and Head of the Department of Social Science at Liverpool Hope.  Previously (1995-2012) he was Professor of Criminal Justice in the School of Law at Liverpool John Moores University; and prior to that (1979-1995) he was a member of the Home Office Research and Planning Unit latterly as Principal Research Officer leading a team carrying out research and policy-advice on community penalties.  He has been a member of the Merseyside Probation Board (2001-2007) and a member of the Liverpool Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership (1999-2006).

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