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Author:
Liebling, Alison, 1963-
Title:
Prisons and their moral performance : a study of values, quality, and prison life / Alison Liebling ; assisted by Helen Arnold.
Publisher:
Oxford University Press,
Copyright Date:
2005, c2004
Description:
xxvii, 549 p. : ill., charts ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Prisons--Moral and ethical aspects--Great Britain.
Prisoners--Care--Great Britain.
Prison administration--Great Britain.
Quality of life--Great Britain.
Great Britain--Moral conditions.
Other Authors:
Arnold, Helen, 1973-
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [495]-534), appendix, and index.
Contents:
Penal values and prison evaluation -- The late modern prison and the question of values -- The measurement and evaluation of prison regimes -- Identifying what matters in prison -- Particular prisons and their qualities -- Key dimensions of prison life -- Relationships dimensions -- Regime dimensions -- Social structure and meaning -- Penal values and prison management -- Managing late modern prisons and their performance -- Security, harmony, and "what matters" in prison life -- Legitimacy, decency, and the moral performance of prisons.
Series:
Clarendon studies in criminology
ISBN:
9780199291489
0199291489
OCLC:
(OCoLC)69861915
Locations:
UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

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