 | A History of English Prison Administration Subjects: Humanities; Social Sciences; History; Criminology and Criminal Justice; British History; Modern History 1750-1945; Social & Cultural History; Historical Criminology; Police; Crime and Crime Prevention; Restorative Justice; Prisons; Criminal Justice History; This title, first published in 1981, draws from an extensive range of national and local material, and examines how innovations in policy and administration, while solving problems or setting new objectives, frequently created or disclosed fresh difficulties, and brought different types of people into the administration and management of prisons, whose interests, values and expectations in turn often had significant effects upon penal ideas and their practical applications. Special attention has been paid to the study of recruitment, the work and influence of gaolers, keepers, governors, and highly administrative officials. This comprehensive book will be of interest to students of criminology and history. Multivolume collection by leading authors in the field |
