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Prisons & Punishment
The Essentials

Second Edition
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April 2014 | 304 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd

Covering all the key topics across the subject of Penology, this book gives you the tools you need to delve deeper and critically examine issues relating to prisons and punishment.

The second edition:

  • explores prisons and punishment within national, international and comparative contexts, and draws upon contemporary case studies throughout to illustrate key themes and issues
  • includes new sections on actuarial justice, proportionality, sentencing principles, persistent offending, rehabilitation, and abolitionist approaches to punishment
  • features a

The book also includes a useful study skills section which guides you through essay writing and offers hints and tips on how you can get the most out of your lectures and seminars.

This is the perfect primer for all undergraduate students of Criminology taking modules on Prisons and Punishment or Penology.

 
PART ONE: PENOLOGY
 
Thinking Like a Penologist
 
Sources of Penal Knowledge
 
PART TWO: CORE AREAS OF THE CURRICULUM
 
Justifications of Punishment
 
Theorising about Prisons and Punishment
 
Comparative Penologies
 
A History of Imprisonment in the UK: until 1997
 
Penal Policy: until 2013
 
Penal Administration and Prisoner Populations
 
Sociologies of Prison Life
 
Penal Accountability
 
Probation and Community Penalties
 
Future Directions and Alternative Visions
 
PART THREE: STUDY, WRITING AND REVISION SKILLS
 
How to Get the Most out of Your Lectures and Seminars
 
Writing a Dissertation
 
Essay Writing Hints
 
Revision Hints
 
Exam Hints

Supplements

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Free resources on the companion website:

  • Links to free SAGE journal articles
  • Links to suggested website and blogs
  • Glossary flashcards 

The new edition of this popular undergraduate text will be widely welcomed. Clearly written and challenging, it addresses issues from the justifications for punishment to the ownership and operation of penal systems, especially prisons. It is an ideal introduction for those coming into the relatively new and contested discipline of criminology.

Professor Mick Ryan
University of Greenwich, London

Penology is concerned with the study and evaluation of penal sanctions inflicted on wrongdoers. Contrary to the humble subtitle chosen by David Scott and Nick Flynn, their extremely useful book offers far more than the ‘essentials’ on prisons and punishment.

Professor Vincenzo Ruggiero
Middlesex University

This is a welcome second edition to the previously titled Penology. With all chapters fully revised and updated, and the addition of extensive recommended readings, this book provides an informative, accessible and stimulating introduction for students on prisons and punishment courses.

Alana Barton
Edge Hill University

A go to when critically evaluating ongoing issues of "what works"

Mrs tracy leigh mitchell
HLS, Wiltshire College
April 27, 2023

This covers an excellent variety of relevant topics and issues within our module. Students have found this a very accessible resource and one which has helped with their wider reading

Mrs Tara Davies
Social Science, Petroc College
December 2, 2021

This book provides a highly effective introduction to academic studies about prisons. I will be using it as a course text book on a first year module aptly named 'Prison and Punishment'.

Mr Louis Martin
School of Law, Staffordshire University
February 27, 2017

Very good understanding of prisons and punishment.

Miss Maria Adams
Faculty of Arts and Human Sciences, Surrey University
September 13, 2016

This is an excellent textbook to introduce the topic of penology, prisons, and punishment that I will be recommending to my students on the Foundation Degree and the BA in Criminal Justice and Offender Management. at Derby College.

The authors engage the reader with the critical and contemporary issues with prisons and offender management.

Mr Mark Jagus
Interdiscipline , Derby College
August 26, 2016

This book will form part of the recommended readings for both the penology module and the criminal justice process module at the University Centre, Grimsby. It provides some good information about the penal system and is of use for anyone wanting to learn about prisons and punishment, or wanting to work in that sector.

Mr Darren Woodward
Social Science , Grimsby Institute of HE & FE
June 23, 2016

Great text, I will add it to my recommended list for students and university library

Dr Stephanie Kewley
School of Social Sciences , Birmingham City University
May 29, 2015
Key features

New to the Second Edition of Prisons & Punishment:

  • Sections on actuarial approaches, proportionality, sentencing policy and principles, persistent offending, rehabilitation, mental health, drugs in prison and young offenders
  • Annotated reading lists at the close of each chapter
  • A companion website with links to extra reading (including SAGE journal articles, weblinks, government reports, blogs) and lecturers' notes
  • A new chapter within Part 1 that covers 'sources of Penal knowledge'
  • Sections on actuarial approaches, proportionality, sentencing policy and principles, persistent offending, rehabilitation, mental health, drugs in prison and young offenders
  • Annotated reading lists at the close of each chapter
  • companion website with links to extra reading (including SAGE journal articles, weblinks, government reports, blogs) and lecturers' notes
  • A new chapter within Part 1 that covers 'sources of Penal knowledge'

David Scott

David Scott is senior lecturer in Criminology at the Open University.  David has published widely on prisons, punishment and critical criminology.  Recent book titles include Critique and Dissent; Beyond Criminal Justice; The Caretakers of Punishment; and Why Prison?  David is a former coordinator of the European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control and is a member of the steering committee of the Reclaim Justice Network. He is also an associate editor of the Howard Journal of Criminal Justice and is on the editorial board of Criminal Justice Matters. More About Author

Nick Flynn

Nick Flynn is senior lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice at De Montfort University.  Nick has published widely on prisons, rehabilitation theory and practice, and environmental criminology. His most recent book title is Criminal Behaviour in Context: Space, Place and Desistance from Crime. Prior to teaching, Nick worked as a freelance researcher on criminal justice issues and as a campaigner for penal reform. He is on the editorial board of the British Journal of Community Justice. More About Author

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