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Chapter 27

References from the book:

Matthews, R. (2002) Imprisonment. London: Ashgate.
This book contains approximately 20 classic articles on imprisonment.

Jewkes Y. and Johnstone H. (2006) Prison Readings: A Critical Introduction to Prisons and Imprisonment. Cullompton: Willan.
This is another useful collection of articles on different aspects of imprisonment.

Carlen, P. (2002) Women and Punishment: The Struggle for Justice. Cullompton: Willan.
This is a collection of articles focusing particularly on the relationship between women and punishment.

Mauer, M. (1999) Race to Incarcerate. New York: The New Press.
This book examines the relationship between crime control and the use of imprisonment and in particular the significance of class and race in relation to the increased use of imprisonment.

Ramsbotham, D. (2003) Prisongate: The Shocking State of Britain’s Prisons and the need for Visionary Change. London: The Free Press.
This book is written by a former prison inspector and provides a unique insight into the state of the prison system and the politics of penal reform.

Crow, I. (2001) The Treatment and Rehabilitation of Offenders. London: Sage.
This book examines the concepts of treatment and rehabilitation in prisons and discusses the role of different agencies in developing types of intervention.

Further references:

Carlen, P (1998) Sledgehammer: Women’s Imprisonment at the Millennium, Macmillan, Basingstoke.

Cavadino, M. & Dignan, J. (2002) The Penal System: An Introduction (3rd edition) London: Sage.
 
Garland, D. (2001) The Culture of Control: Crime and Social Order in Contemporary Society, Chicago University Press, Chicago
Garland's classic text.

Ignatieff, M. (1978)  A Just Measure of Pain, London: Macmillan.
Measuring the impact of punishment on human beings in order to assess how ‘just’ criminal justice punishments are.

Mathews, R. and Francis, P. (1996) Prisons 2000 - An International Perspective on the Current State and Future of Imprisonment, Macmillan, Basingstoke

Mathews, R. (1999) Doing Time: An Introduction to the Sociology of Imprisonment, Basingstoke: Macmillan.

Mathiesen, T. (1990) Prisons on Trial: A Critical Assessment, Sage, London
 
Morris, M. & and Rothman, D. (eds.) (1996) The Oxford History of the Prison, New York: Oxford University Press.
Prisons through history.

Newburn, T. (2003) ‘ Prisons and imprisonment in post-war Britain,’ in Crime and Criminal Justice Policy, Longman, London and New York

Woolf, H (1991) Prison Disturbances April 1990 Report of an Enquiry by Rt. Hon. Lord Justice Woolf (Parts I and II) and His Honour Judge Steven Tumin (Part II) Cm 1456 (London: HMSO).