Dictionary of Prisons and Punishment
Edited by Yvonne Jewkes, Jamie Bennett
Published November 1st 2007 by Willan – 416 pages
Description
Contemporary prison practice faces many challenges, is developing rapidly and is become increasingly professionalized, influenced by the new National Offender Management Service. As well as bringing an increased emphasis on skills and qualifications it has also introduced a new set of ideas and concepts into the established prisons and penal lexicon.
At the same time courses on prisons and penology remain important components of criminology and criminal justice degree courses. This will be the essential source of reference for the increasing number of people studying in, working in prisons and working with prisoners.
This Dictionary is part a new series of dictionaries covering key aspects of criminal justice and the criminal justice system and designed to meet the needs of both students and practitioners:
- approximately 300 entries (of between 500 and 1500 words) on key terms and concepts arranged alphabetically designed to meet the needs of both students and practitioners
- entries include summary definition, main text and key texts and sources takes full account of emerging occupational and Skills for Justice criteria
- edited by a leading academic and practitioner in the prisons and penology field entries contributed by leading academic and practitioners in prisons and penology.
Contents
List of entries. List of contributors. About this book. Introduction and overview. Prisons and punishment timeline. Dictionary of Prisons and Punishment. List of references
Author Bio
Yvonne Jewkes is Professor of Criminology at the University of Leicester. She has written extensively on the problems of policing cybercrime as well as more generally about the relationship between new technologies, crime and deviance. Her books include Dot.cons: crime, deviance and identity on the internet (Willan, 2003) and Media and Crime (Sage, 2004). She is co-founder and editor of Crime, Media, Culture: an international journal and editor of the Handbook on Prisons (Willan, 2007).
Jamie Bennett is Deputy Governor, HMP Whitemoor, and editor of the Prison Journal.
Name: Dictionary of Prisons and Punishment (Paperback) – Willan
Description: Edited by Yvonne Jewkes, Jamie Bennett. Contemporary prison practice faces many challenges, is developing rapidly and is become increasingly professionalized, influenced by the new National Offender Management Service. As well as bringing an increased emphasis on skills and qualifications it...
Categories: Criminology and Criminal Justice, Prisons, Sentencing and Punishment, Criminal Justice
