The role of prison in Europe : travelling in the footsteps of John Howard /: travelling in the footsteps of John Howard. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Tom Vander Beken.
• Authors: Beken, T. vander (Tom)
• Contents: Introduction; Acknowledgements; Contents; 1: Prologue; References; 2: The Jailer's Salary; 1 Back to€Bedford; 2 Gaols, Bridewells, Hulks and€Prisons; 3 A Victorian Prison; 4 In Bedford Prison; 5 British Prison Policy of€the€Twentieth and€Twenty-first Centuries; 6 A Little Titan; 7 Conclusion; References; 3: The Northern Star; 1 To Norway, Without Howard; 2 A Land of€Equality and€Solidarity; 3 Bastøy Prison Island: Just Like the€Film; 4 Old Gods in€a€New Age; 5 Kroksrud and€Ullersmo; 6 Small Is Beautiful? Eidsberg and€Trøgstad; 7 Conclusion; References; 4: The Paradox of€Control. 1 Howard's Favourite2 Great Faith in€Solitary Confinement; 3 The Netherlands as€a€City on€a€Hill; 4 The Prison Places Crisis; 5 Vacancies, Savings and€Big Plans; 6 Vught; 7 Nieuwersluis; 8 The Hague and€Dordrecht; 9 Conclusion; References; 5: Words Ring Hollow; 1 Howard in€a€Tight Spot; 2 A Patchwork Quilt of€Prisons; 3 Prison Factories and€Solitary Confinement; 4 Resocialisation and€Security; 5 Just the€Security After All; 6 Reform Plans End in€Disappointment; 7 Lille-Sequedin; 8 Fresnes; 9 Rheims and€Clervaux; 10 Conclusion; References; 6: Dreams of€Beccaria. 1 A Fascination for€the€Plague and€Lazaretti2 On the€Origin of€Prisons; 3 Cesare Beccaria; 4 The Positivists and€the€Fascist Legacy; 5 Prison as€a€Last Resort; 6 State of€Emergency, Burgeoning Incarceration; 7 Overcrowding and€Torreggiani; 8 High-Security and€41bis at Tolmezzo; 9 Beccaria Lives on€in€Bollate; 10 Conclusion; References; 7: Eurovision Europrisons?; 1 Howard's Last Journey; 2 To the€Far East of€Europe; 3 Land of€Aliyev and€Oilfields; 4 Number Six Prison; 5 Law, Punishment and€Incarceration; 6 A New Remand Centre; 7 Eurovision and€Dostoyevsky; References. 8: Epilogue1 Travel as€a€Research Method; 2 Locking Them Up, Locking Them Away and€Locking Them In; 3 Capacity; References; Bibliography; Index.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 365.450987; Prisons -- Europe; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Penology; Prisons; Europe; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319293882; 3319293885
• Related ISBNs: 9783319293875; 3319293877
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 29, 2016).
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