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Prisons 2000

An International Perspective on the Current State and Future of Imprisonment

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  • © 1996

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Editors:
  1. Roger Matthews

    1. Middlesex University, UK

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  2. Peter Francis

    1. University of Northumbria, Newcastle, UK

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Towards 2000: An Introduction

    • Roger Matthews, Peter Francis
    Pages 1-10

  3. The State of the Prisons

    • Stephen Tumim
    Pages 11-20

  4. Prisons in Crisis: The American Experience

    • Francis T. Cullen, Patricia Van Voorhis, Jody L. Sundt
    Pages 21-52

  5. We Never Promised Them a Rose Garden

    • Monika Platek
    Pages 53-73

  6. Penal ‘Austerity’: The Doctrine of Less Eligibility Reborn?

    • Richard Sparks
    Pages 74-93

  7. Modernity, Imprisonment, and Social Solidarity

    • Wayne Morrison
    Pages 94-120

  8. The Changing Functions of Imprisonment

    • Claude Faugeron
    Pages 121-138

  9. Ethnic Minorities in British Prisons: Some Research Implications

    • Marian FitzGerald, Peter Marshall
    Pages 139-162

  10. Foreign Detainees in Greek Prisons: A New Challenge to the Guardians of Human Rights

    • Calliope Spinellis, Katerina Angelopoulou, Nikos Koulouris
    Pages 163-178

  11. Is There a Feminist Future for Women’s Prisons?

    • Margaret Shaw
    Pages 179-200

  12. Women’s Imprisonment in England at the End of the Twentieth Century: Legitimacy, Realities and Utopias

    • Pat Carlen, Chris Tchaikovsky
    Pages 201-218

  13. The Russian Prison System: Past, Present and Future

    • Alexander S. Mikhlin, Roy D. King
    Pages 219-239

  14. Prison Privatization: An International Perspective

    • Kristel Beyens, Sonja Snacken
    Pages 240-265

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 267-269
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About this book

A collection of original articles from a number of the world's leading authorities on imprisonment. The aim of the book is to review the current state of imprisonment around the world and to look at possible future developments. The underlying theme of the book is that imprisonment is undergoing a significant change in a number of different countries and that there are important lessons which can be learned from the analysis of these changes. At the same time this book is perceived as a 'state of the art' collection which provides an informed and comprehensive analysis of the major aspects of imprisonment. Consequently the book should be of interest to a wide-ranging international audience of academic researchers and policy-makers as well as students.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Middlesex University, UK

    Roger Matthews

  • University of Northumbria, Newcastle, UK

    Peter Francis

About the editors

Roger Matthews is Professor of Criminology at London South Bank University, UK. He is Head of the Crime Reduction and Community Safety Research Group. He is sole author of Armed Robbery and Prostitution, Politics and Policy. He has also produced joint authored texts on community safety and edited a number of books on criminological theory, imprisonment and crime control.

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