000 00364nam a2200145Ia 4500
999 _c173865
_d173865
020 _a9781412929462
040 _cCUS
082 _a364
_bCAV/P
100 _aCavadino, Michael
245 4 _aThe penal system: an introduction/
_cMichael Cavadino, James Dignan
250 _a4th.ed.
260 _aLos angeles:
_bSage,
_c2007.
300 _avii, 474p.
_bHB
505 _aMachine generated contents note: 1 Crisis? What Crisis? -- 2 Justifying Punishment -- 3 Explaining Punishment -- 4 Court Decisions: the Crux of the Crisis -- 5 Community Penalties and the Future of Punishment -- 6 Prisons and the Penal Crisis -- 7 Prison Privatization: Panacea or Pandora's Box? -- 8 Early Release: the Penal System's Safety Valve -- 9 Young Offenders: Systems Management or System Disaster? -- 10 Bias in the Criminal Justice System -- 11 Solving the Crisis? -- A Self-Study Guide to Electronic Sources Available on the -- Internet.
942 _cWB16