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Prison on Trial

Highly acclaimed, Prison On Trial is the classic critique of prisons and imprisonment: a book for everyone's library shelf and collection. For anyone seeking to understand the modern trend towards locking-up ever more people, it distils the arguments for and against incarceration in a readable, accessible and authoritative way - gaining in status each time prison populations increase across large parts of the world. In this new Third Edition - with its New Preface, Epilogue and other Revisions - the author expands on the control aspects of prison, the gear change brought about by responses to international terrorism post-September 11 and the London bombings and explains how contemporary events are changing the boundaries of crime and punishment and increasing the risks to civil liberties and the Rule of Law. Thomas Mathiesen also argues for an 'Alternative Public Space' where discussion of serious and fundamental issues of this nature can take place free from the superficial world of knee-jerk reactions from politicians and the entertainment driven needs of the press and media. Prison On Trial distils the arguments for and against imprisonment in a readable, accessible and authoritative way - making Thomas Mathiesen's work a classic for students and other people concerned to understand the real issues. It is as relevant today as when it was first published - arguably more so as policy-making becomes increasingly politicized and true opportunities to influence developments diminish. Mindful of this, Mathiesen recommends an 'alternative public space' where people can engage in valid discussion on the basis of sound information, free from the survival priority of the media - to entertain. Reviews 'Does exactly what it says on the cover: it puts the institition of prison on trial ... this is vitally important ... Retains its place as a leading presentation of the abolitionist case': Prison Service Journal 'A classic for students and other people': Inside Time

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Title of ebook: Prison on Trial
ISBN: 9781906534387
parent-ISBN: 9781904380221
Publisher: Waterside Press
Internet download file size: 13850 kb
Pages: 212
Published: 07-2008
Released online for download: 07-24-2008
Author of eBook: Mathiesen, Thomas

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