Cavadino, Michael

The penal system : an introduction / Michael Cavadino, James Dignan, George Mair, Jamie Bennett - Sixth edition - Los Angeles : SAGE, 2020. - xiii, 454 pages ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

Chapter 1. Crisis? -- What crisis?-- Chapter 2. Justifying punishment -- Chapter 3. Explaining punishment -- Chapter 4. Sentencing: the crux of the crisis -- Chapter 5. Punishment in the community -- Chapter 6. Prisons and the penal crisis -- Chapter 7. Early release: the penal system′s safety valve -- Chapter 8. The youth justice system -- Chapter 9. Diversity and bias in the criminal justice system -- Chapter 10. Solving the crisis?

Supporting students across their entire module, this authoritative and widely respected text has been fully updated to include the most recent changes in the field and has expanded coverage of restorative justice, gender, and comparative issues

9781526460691


Criminal justice, Administration

HV9647 / C376 2020