1st Edition

The English Prison and Borstal Systems

By Lionel W. Fox Copyright 1952
    494 Pages
    by Routledge

    494 Pages
    by Routledge

    This is Volume VII of fifteen in a series on the Sociology of Law and Criminology. Originally published in 1952, this is an account of the prison and Borstal systems in England and Wales after the Criminal Justice Act 1948, with a historical introduction and an examination of the principles of imprisonment as a legal punishment

    I. WHAT IS PRISON FOR? 1. THE QUESTION 2. THE QUESTION IS POSED 3. THE NINETEENTH CENTURY ANSWERS 4. THE TWENTIETH CENTURY ANSWERS II. ADMINISTRATION AND ACCOMMODATION 5. CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION 6. LOCAL ADMINISTRATION 7. ACCOMMODATION III. THE TRAINING AND TREATMENT OF ADULTS 8. THE PRISON POPULATION 9. CLASSIFICATION AND TRAINING 10. SECURITY AND CONTROL 11. WORK 12. THE CHAPLAIN'S DEPARTMENT 13. PHYSICAL WELFARE 14. MEDICAL SERVICES 15. AFTER-CARE 16. RESULTS IV. SPECIAL CLASSES OF PRISONERS 17. MISCELLANEOUS CLASSES 18. PERSISTENT OFFENDERS 19. THE PENAL SYSTEM AND THE YOUNG OFFENDER 20. YOUNG PEOPLE IN PRISON 21. THE BORSTAL SYSTEM 22. BORSTAL TRAINING 23. RELEASE AND AFTER

    Biography

    Lionel W. Fox