| Tackling Prison Overcrowding: Build More Prisons? Sentence Fewer Offenders? Contributor(s): Hough, Mike (Editor), Allen, Rob (Editor), Solomon, Enver (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1847421105 ISBN-13: 9781847421104 Publisher: Policy Press OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Penology - Social Science | Criminology |
| Dewey: 365.9 |
| LCCN: 2009285607 |
| Series: Researching Criminal Justice |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6.5" W x 9.5" (0.60 lbs) 152 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Tackling prison overcrowding is a response to controversial proposals for prisons and sentencing set out in by Lord Patrick Carter's Review of Prisons, published in 2007. The Carter review proposed the construction of vast 'Titan' prisons to deal with the immediate problem of prison overcrowding, the establishment of a Sentencing Commission as a mechanism for keeping judicial demand for prison places in line with supply, along with further use of the private sector, including private sector management methods. Tackling prison overcrowding comprises nine chapters by leading academic experts, who expose these proposals to critical scrutiny. They take the Carter Report to task for construing the problems too narrowly, in terms of efficiency and economy, and for failing to understand the wider issues of justice that need addressing. They argue that the crisis of prison overcrowding is first and foremost a political problem - arising from penal populism - for which political solutions need to be found. This accessible report will be of interest to policy makers, probation practitioners, academics and other commentators on criminal policy. |
Contributor Bio(s): Solomon, Enver: - Enver Solomon is director of policy and public affairs at the Children's Society. |