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Crisis? What Crisis? -- Justifying Punishment -- Explaining Punishment -- Court Decisions: The Crux Of The Crisis -- Prisons: Expansion And Explosion -- Early Release: The Penal System's Safety Valve -- Non-custodial Penalties: Towards Decarceration Or The Punitive City? -- Young Offenders: From System Disaster To Systems Management? -- Bias In The Criminal Justice System -- Solving The Crisis? Michael Cavadino And James Dignan. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 265-282) And Index. Introduction to the penal system, designed for students. This text examines all aspects of the penal system - from initial contact with the police to court procedure, prison and alternatives to custody, and outlines the theories and explanations of punishment that underpin the penal system.

Author

MICHAEL CAVADION AND JAMES DIGNAN, Michael Cavadino and James Dignan, Michael Cavadino, James Dignan

Publisher

Sage; SAGE Publications; Brand: SAGE Publications

Published

1992

Language

EN

ISBN

9780803983434

Subjects

Social Science, Social_sciences