Punishment and prisons : power and the carceral state /: power and the carceral state. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Joe Sim.
• Other Names: Sim, Joe
• Contents: Continuity and contestation in penal politics -- Law, order and the penal system 1974-83 -- Hard reign: Thatcherism and the consolidation of penal authoritarianism 1983-90 -- From big house to Bleak House: prisons in the "Iron Times" 1990-97 -- "Piety and iron": New Labour and social authoritarianism -- "Those with no capital get the punishment": New Labour and the working prison -- For abolitionist praxis: transcending the prison mentality -- Abolitionists in an anti-Utopian Age.
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles London : SAGE
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 183 pages)
• Subjects: 365.941; Corrections -- Great Britain; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Penology; Corrections; Great Britain; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780857029539; 0857029533; 9781446269237
• Related ISBNs: 144626923X; 0761960031; 9780761960034; 076196004X; 9780761960041
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.