Imprisonment worldwide : the current situation and an alternative future /: the current situation and an alternative future. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Andrew Coyle, Helen Fair, Jessica Jacobson, Roy Walmsley.
• Other Names: Coyle, Andrew; Fair, Helen; Jacobson, Jessica, 1966-; Walmsley, Roy
• Contents: Sec. I. Prisons and the use of imprisonment: numbers and trends: Number of prisoners worldwide ; Composition of prison population worldwide ; population trends -- Sec. II. An ethical approach to the use of imprisonment: What constitutes an ethical approach to the use of imprisonment? ; Features of critical approach to the use of imprisonment ; Challenges to an ethical approach to the use of imprisonment -- Sec. III. An alternative future: Rethinking prisons and use of imprisonment.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Policy Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (112 pages)
• Subjects: 365; Prisons; Prisoners; Prisoners -- Statistics; Prisoners; Prisons; Statistics
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781447331773
• Related ISBNs: 144733177X
• 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.