Punishment and madness : governing prisoners with mental health problems / Toby Seddon.

Author
Seddon, Toby [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Glass House Book/Routledge-Cavendish, 2007.
Description
xii, 198 p. ; 24 cm.

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Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-192) and index.
Contents
  • Introduction : punishment, prisons and madness
  • A brief history of imprisoning the "mad"
  • The new right and managerialism, 1980-1990
  • The Woolf report and prison reform, 1990-1993
  • Penal populism and austere institutions, 1993-1997
  • New labour and risk management, 1997-2005
  • Conclusion.
ISBN
  • 1904385907 (pbk.)
  • 9781904385905 (pbk.)
  • 190438563X (hardback)
  • 9781904385639 (hardback)
LCCN
2006020254
OCLC
70167651
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