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The Penal System

Sixth Edition
by Michael Cavadino, James Dignan, George Mair and Jamie Bennett

Student Resources

  • Key Legislation
    • Transforming Youth Custody 2013
    • Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014
    • Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015
  • Weblinks
    • Legislation
    • Official Parliamentary Reports on Penal Matters
    • Government Sources
    • Major Penal Agencies and Organisations
    • Penal Reform Organisations
    • Law Reform Organisations and Reviews
    • Useful Academic Sites
    • Other Useful Sites
  • Further Reading
    • Chapter One: Crisis? What crisis?
    • Chapter Two: Justifying punishment
    • Chapter Three: Explaining punishment
    • Chapter Four: Sentencing: the crux of the crisis
    • Chapter Five: Punishment in the community
    • Chapter Six: Prisons and the penal crisis
    • Chapter Seven: Early release: the penal system's safety valve
    • Chapter Eight: The youth justice system
    • Chapter Nine: Diversity and bias in the criminal justice system
    • Chapter Ten: Solving the crisis?

Chapter Six: Prisons and the penal crisis

Bottoms, A. E., Hay, W. and Sparks, J. R. (1990), ‘Situational and Social Approaches to the Prevention of Disorder in Long-term Prisons’, The Prison Journal, 70: 83-95.

Barak-Glantz, I. L. (1981), ‘Towards a Conceptual Schema of Prison Management Styles’, The Prison Journal, 61: 42-60.

Pratt, T.C. and Maahs, J. (1999), ‘Are Private Prisons More Cost Effective than Public Prisons? A Meta Analysis of Evaluation Research Studies’, Crime and Delinquency, 45(3): 358-71.

Genders, E. (2002), ‘Legitimacy, Accountability and Private Prisons’, Punishment & Society, 4(3): 285-303.

Liebling, A. (2011) ‘Perrie Lecture: The Cost to Prison Legitimacy of Cuts’, Prison Service Journal 198: 3-11

Prison Service Journal Special Edition: The Prison Crisis May 2019.

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