David Downes is Professor Emeritus of Social Policy and a member and former director of the Mannheim Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice at the London School of Economics, UK.

'..for all of their sometimes unacknowledged limitations, I have loved reading these books. I am touched by the hermeneutic empathy with which the authors approach the voices of their sources. If we read these books attentively, we find that they contain immense resources for rethinking our criminal justice fix. I look forward to completing the set.' --Richard Sparks, Edinburgh Law School, University of Edinburgh, Journal of Law and Society

• 1. The Rise of Penal Hope, 1895-1967 2. Dropping the Admiral: Changing policy on maximum security imprisonment, 1965-8 3. Getting to Grips: The making of the dispersal system, 1968-79 4. Forcing the Issue: Penal policy from May to Langdon 5. The Making of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 6. The Woolf Report and After 7. The Pursuit of Innovation 8. Conclusion

David Downes is Professor Emeritus of Social Policy and a member and former director of the Mannheim Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice at the London School of Economics, UK.

'..for all of their sometimes unacknowledged limitations, I have loved reading these books. I am touched by the hermeneutic empathy with which the authors approach the voices of their sources. If we read these books attentively, we find that they contain immense resources for rethinking our criminal justice fix. I look forward to completing the set.' --Richard Sparks, Edinburgh Law School, University of Edinburgh, Journal of Law and Society

• 1. The Rise of Penal Hope, 1895-1967 2. Dropping the Admiral: Changing policy on maximum security imprisonment, 1965-8 3. Getting to Grips: The making of the dispersal system, 1968-79 4. Forcing the Issue: Penal policy from May to Langdon 5. The Making of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 6. The Woolf Report and After 7. The Pursuit of Innovation 8. Conclusion

David Downes is Professor Emeritus of Social Policy and a member and former director of the Mannheim Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice at the London School of Economics, UK.

'..for all of their sometimes unacknowledged limitations, I have loved reading these books. I am touched by the hermeneutic empathy with which the authors approach the voices of their sources. If we read these books attentively, we find that they contain immense resources for rethinking our criminal justice fix. I look forward to completing the set.' --Richard Sparks, Edinburgh Law School, University of Edinburgh, Journal of Law and Society

• 1. The Rise of Penal Hope, 1895-1967 2. Dropping the Admiral: Changing policy on maximum security imprisonment, 1965-8 3. Getting to Grips: The making of the dispersal system, 1968-79 4. Forcing the Issue: Penal policy from May to Langdon 5. The Making of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 6. The Woolf Report and After 7. The Pursuit of Innovation 8. Conclusion