Discourse, power, and justice: towards a new sociology of imprisonment
In: International library of sociology
In: International Library of Sociology
In: International library of sociology
In: International library of sociology
chapter 1 Institutions, actors and trends in imprisonment -- chapter 2 Discourses and discursive struggles -- chapter 3 Classification -- The core of the prison system -- chapter 4 Transfers and careers -- Reinforcing classification -- chapter 5 Regimes -- The power of the governors and the marginalisation of other professionals -- chapter 6 Petitions to the Secretary of State -- Handling requests and settling grievances? -- chapter 7 The Prisons Inspectorate -- Monitoring regimes and improving Standards? -- chapter 8 The European Convention on Human Rights -- Protecting prisoners rights? -- chapter 9 Recent developments in penal policy -- Towards enterprising managerialism -- chapter 10 Conclusion -- Discourse, power and justice.
In: International library of sociology
Discourse, Power and Justice is a distinctive and theoretically informed, empirical study of the administration of the Scottish prison system. Based on extensive research which combines theoretical innovation with detailed empirical evidence, the book focuses on the activities of those who manage the prison system. The authors identify the most important social actors in the prison system, located both historically and comparatively, and examine their characteristic forms of discourse
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