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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 Nine: Diversity and bias in the criminal justice system

Petersilia, J. (1985), ‘Racial Disparities in the Criminal Justice System: A Summary’, Crime & Delinquency, 31(1): 15-34.

Spencer, J., Haslewood-Pocsik, I. and Smith, E., (2009), ‘Trying to Get it Right: What Prison Staff say About Implementing Race Relations Policy’, Criminology and Criminal Justice, 9(2): 187-206.

Hedderman, C. (2010), ‘Government Policy on Women Offenders: Labour’s Legacy and the Coalition’s Challenge’, Punishment & Society, 12(4): 485-500.

Malloch, M. and McIvor, G. (2011), ‘Women and Community Sentences’, Criminology and Criminal Justice, 11(4) 325-344.

Prison Service Journal Special Edition: Race in prison (May 2011).

Prison Service Journal Special Edition: Focus on disability (September 2010).

Dunn, P. (2013), ‘Slipping Off the Equalities Agenda? Work with LGBT Prisoners’, Prison Service Journal, 206: 3-10.

Gorden, C., Hughes, C, Roberts, D., Asbury-Ward, E. and Dubberley, S. (2017), ‘A Literature Review of Transgender People in Prison: An ‘invisible’ population in England and Wales’, Prison Service Journal 233: 11-22.

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