Prisons & Punishment

David Scott is senior lecturer in Criminology at the Open University.  David has published widely on prisons, punishment and critical criminology.  Recent book titles include Critique and Dissent; Beyond Criminal Justice; The Caretakers of Punishment; and Why Prison?  David is a former coordinator of the European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control and is a member of the steering committee of the Reclaim Justice Network. He is also an associate editor of the Howard Journal of Criminal Justice and is on the editorial board of Criminal Justice Matters. Nick Flynn is senior lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice at De Montfort University.  Nick has published widely on prisons, rehabilitation theory and practice, and environmental criminology. His most recent book title is Criminal Behaviour in Context: Space, Place and Desistance from Crime. Prior to teaching, Nick worked as a freelance researcher on criminal justice issues and as a campaigner for penal reform. He is on the editorial board of the British Journal of Community Justice.

The new edition of this popular undergraduate text will be widely welcomed. Clearly written and challenging, it addresses issues from the justifications for punishment to the ownership and operation of penal systems, especially prisons. It is an ideal introduction for those coming into the relatively new and contested discipline of criminology.

• PART ONE: PENOLOGYThinking Like a PenologistSources of Penal KnowledgePART TWO: CORE AREAS OF THE CURRICULUMJustifications of PunishmentTheorising about Prisons and PunishmentComparative PenologiesA History of Imprisonment in the UK: until 1997Penal Policy: until 2013Penal Administration and Prisoner PopulationsSociologies of Prison LifePenal AccountabilityProbation and Community PenaltiesFuture Directions and Alternative VisionsPART THREE: STUDY, WRITING AND REVISION SKILLSHow to Get the Most out of Your Lectures and SeminarsWriting a DissertationEssay Writing HintsRevision HintsExam Hints