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

Zusatztext ...a brave! thoughtful and inspiring book....We take for granted the values of a prison and its staff at our peril....Those who work inside prisons...will celebrate this work... Informationen zum Autor Alison Liebling is a University Lecturer and Director of the Prisons Research Centre at the Cambridge University Institute of Criminology. She is also a Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge.Helen Arnold is at the Cambridge University Institute of Criminology. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. The author calls for greater clarity and increased attention to these important aspects of organizational life. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART 1: INTRODUCTION: PENAL VALUES AND PRISON EVALUATION 1: The Late Modern Prison and The Question of Values 2: The Measurement and Evaluation of Prison Regimes 3: Identifying 'What Matters' in Prison 4: Particular Prisons and Their Qualities PART 2: THE MEANING AND MEASUREMENT OF KEY DIMENSIONS OF PRISON LIFE 5: Relationship Dimensions: Respect, Humanity, Trust, Relationships, and Support 6: Regime Dimensions: Fairness, Order, Safety, Well-Being, Personal Development, Family Contact, and Decency 7: Social Structure and Other Dimensions: Power, Prisoner Social Life, Meaning, and Quality of Life PART 3: PENAL VALUES AND PRISON MANAGEMENT 8: Managing Modern Prisons and their Performance 9: Security, Harmony, and 'What Matters' in Prison Life 10: Legitimacy, Decency, and the Moral Performance of Prisons ...

Product details

• Authors: Helen Arnold, Alison Liebling, Alison Arnold Liebling, Liebling Alison
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.07.2005
• EAN: 9780199291489
• ISBN: 978-0-19-929148-9
• No. of pages: 592
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 215 mm x 29 mm
• Series: Clarendon Studies in Criminology; Clarendon Studies in Criminolo; Print on Demand; Clarendon Studies in Criminology
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; England, Wales, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, LAW / Criminal Law / Sentencing, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Sentencing & punishment, Sentencing and punishment, Legal system: general, Legal systems: general, Wales / Cymru