| Against Imprisonment: An Anthology of Abolitionist Essays Contributor(s): Scott, David (Author), Bell, Emma (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1909976547 ISBN-13: 9781909976542 Publisher: Waterside Press OUR PRICE: $37.95 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Penology - Social Science | Criminology - Political Science | Law Enforcement |
| Dewey: 365.45 |
| LCCN: 2018487941 |
| Physical Information: 0.57" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.85 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Noticeably against the current political obsession with increasing incarceration, this book is a wake-up call for all those who feel the use of imprisonment is failing to achieve a reduction in crime. A compelling analysis of why imprisonment does not work for most offenders which considers the thoughts of some leading abolitionists and challenges punitive rhetoric. |
Contributor Bio(s): Scott, David: - Dr David Scott works at the Open University where his research interests include the ethical and political foundations of penal abolitionism, human rights and social justice and critical approaches to poverty, prisons and punishment. He is a former editor of the Howard Journal of Crime and Justice and the co-founding editor of the European Group Journal Justice, Power and Resistance. He also worked at Edge Hill University, the University of Northumbria at Newcastle, the University of Central Lancashire and Liverpool John Moores University.Bell, Emma: - Emma Bell is Professor of British Politics at the Savoie University, France. She is the author of Criminal Justice and Neoliberalism (Palgrave, 2011) and is a former co-ordinator of the European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control. |