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One of the few studies of its kind, this political history of the Louisiana penal system from its origin to the near-present places heavy-emphasis on the develo

Labour has embarked upon a root and branch remaking of the criminal justice system in England and Wales, with a mass of new legislation implemented or planned.

The underlying theme of the book is that a qualitative change has taken place in the politics of crime control in the UK since the early 1990s. It provides an o

An incisive, eminently readable study of the evolving relationship between punishment and social order

This book explores why some governments choose to imprison more people than others, why some nations' prison systems are more humane, and how these systems of i