Prisons and Their Moral Performance A Study of Values, Quality, and Prison Life

Name: Prisons and Their Moral Performance A Study of Values, Quality, and Prison Life
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ISBN: 9780199271221

ISBN-10: 0199271224

ISBN-13: 9780199271221

Edition: 2004

Authors: Alison Liebling, Helen Arnold

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This book constitutes a critical case study of the modern search for public sector reform. It includes a detailed account of a study aimed at developing a meaningful way of evaluating difficult-to-measure moral dimensions of the quality of prisons.

Book details

List price: $210.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/5/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 584
Size: 5.79" wide x 8.82" long x 1.40" tall
Weight: 1.870
Language: English



List of Figures


List of Tables


List of Abbreviations


Preface


Acknowledgements



Penal Values and Prison Evaluation



The Late Modern Prison and the Question of Values



The Measurement and Evaluation of Prison Regimes



Identifying What Matters in Prison



Particular Prisons and their Qualities



Key Dimensions of Prison Life



Relationships Dimensions



Regime Dimensions



Social Structure and Meaning



Penal Values and Prison Management



Managing Late Modern Prisons and their Performance



Security, Harmony, and 'What Matters' in Prison Life



Legitimacy, Decency, and the Moral Performance of Prisons


Appendix


References


Index