Title Prison on trial / Thomas Mathieson.

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Edition	3rd ed.
Description	1 online resource (212 pages).
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	Criminal policy series
	Waterside Press criminal policy series.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-207) and index.
Contents	1. Prison : does it have a defence? -- 2. Rehabilitation -- 3. General prevention -- 4. Other theories of social defence -- 5. Justice -- 6. Future of imprisonment.
Summary	"Prison On Trial is the classic critique of prisons and imprisonment: a book for everyone's shelf. For anyone seeking to understand the modern penchant for locking-up ever more people, it distils the arguments for and against incarceration in a readable, accessible and authoritative way - gaining in status each time prison populations increase across large parts of the world."--Jacket.
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Subject	Imprisonment.
	Imprisonment.
	Punishment -- Philosophy.
	Punishment -- Philosophy.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Mathiesen, Thomas. Prison on trial. 3rd ed. Winchester [England] : Waterside Press ; Portland, OR : North American distributors International Specialised Book Services, 2006 1904380220 (DLC) 2006276300 (OCoLC)63787607
ISBN	9781906534387 (electronic book)
	1906534381 (electronic book)
	1904380220
	9781904380221