Punishment and madness governing prisoners with mental health problems / Toby Seddon.

Author/creator Seddon, Toby
Format Electronic
Publication InfoMilton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Glass House Book/Routledge-Cavendish, 2007.
Descriptionxii, 198 pages ; 24 cm
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Contents Introduction : punishment, prisons and madness -- A brief history of imprisoning the "mad" -- The new right and managerialism, 1980-1990 -- The Woolf report and prison reform, 1990-1993 -- Penal populism and austere institutions, 1993-1997 -- New labour and risk management, 1997-2005 -- Conclusion.
Abstract The author looks at the government of prisoners with mental health problems in England and Wales over the last 20 years. The wider context and backdrop to the book is the shift to 'late modernity' which since the 1970s has seen massive structural change in most Western societies.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 173-192) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2006020254
ISBN1904385907 (pbk.)
ISBN9781904385905 (pbk.)
ISBN190438563X (hardback)
ISBN9781904385639 (hardback)

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