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Prisons under protest

01 January 1991

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Prisons under protest
libdoc November=1991

Author: Scraton Phil, Sim Joe & Skidmore Paula
Publisher: Open University Press 1991 pp. 181
Keywords: Prisons

Contents:

Preface
1. Long-term imprisonment in Scotland: the case of Peterhead
2. Inside the machine
3. The violent institution
4. Discipline, punishment and the maintenance of order
5. Discipline, freedom and outside contact
6. Media construction of prison protest
7. The future of long-term imprisonment in the UK

Appendices
Index

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