The Effects of Imprisonment (Cambridge Criminal Justice Series) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1843922177 ISBN 13: 9781843922179

Publisher: Routledge, 2005

Synopsis

As the number of prisoners in the UK, USA and elsewhere continues to rise, so have concerns risen about the damaging short term and long term effects this has on prisoners. This book brings together a group of leading authorities in this field, both academics and practitioners, to address the complex issues this has raised, to assess the implications and results of research in this field, and to suggest ways of mitigating the often devastating personal and psychological consequences of imprisonment.

About this title

About the Author:

Alison Liebling is Professor of Criminology at the Institute of Criminology, Cambridge University.

Shadd Maruna is Professor of Justice and Human Development at the School of Law, Queen's University Belfast.

Review:

'An incredibly powerful and robust text on imprisonment. It is, without doubt, a tour de force.' - Peter Hamerton in British Society of Criminology Newsletter

'This book deserves to become the standard text on the subject for some years to come.' - Maurice Vanstone in Vista Vol. 10 no. 3

'Is most timely and well-crafted in its fresh handling of this critical and enduring issue.' - Michael Weinrath, University of Winnipeg in The Canadian Journal of Criminology

'Extraordinarily important compendium because it looks at its subject in so many different contexts. By doing so, it provides clues and generates hypotheses about the nuances of the consequence of incarceration under varying circumstance.' - Gilbert  Geis, University of California, Irvine, US

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1843922177
• ISBN 13: 9781843922179
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 512
• Editor: Liebling Alison, Maruna Shadd