Prison on Trial
Author | : Thomas Mathiesen |
Publisher | : Waterside Press |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 2006 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781904380221 |
ISBN-13 | : 1904380220 |
Rating | : 4/5 (220 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Prison on Trial by : Thomas Mathiesen
Download or read book Prison on Trial written by Thomas Mathiesen and published by Waterside Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prison On Trial is the classic critique of prisons and imprisonment: a book for everyone's shelf. For anyone seeking to understand the modern penchant for locking-up ever more people, it distils the arguments for and against incarceration in a readable, accessible and authoritative way - gaining in status each time prison populations increase across large parts of the world.