Pain and retribution : a short history of British prisons 1066 to the present / David Wilson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilson, David, 1957 April 23- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prisons--England--History.

Prisons.

Prisons--Scotland--History.

Prisons--Wales--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (242 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, England : Reaktion Books, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Today, the Tower of London is a tourist site, home only to the crown jewels, but not long ago the imposing structure held traitors, political prisoners, and more, often on their way to the chopping block. Even outside of this famous building, prisons have changed radically since the Norman Conquest in 1066. In the first book on the history of prisons in Britain, former prison governor and professor of criminology David Wilson offers unrivaled insight into the penal system in England, Scotland, and Wales, charting the rise and fall of forms of punishments that take place behind their walls

Contents:

Cover; Pain and Retribution: A Short History of British Prisons, 1066 to the Present; Imprint Page; Contents; Introduction; One: Grand Castles and Thieves' Holes; Two: Prisons, Penitentiaries and the Origins of the Prison System; Three: The Prisons Act of 1877 and the Gladstone Report of 1895; Four: Decarceration and the Interwar Years; Five: From World War to World Cup, 1945-1966; Six: Custody, Security, Order and Control, 1967-1991; Seven: Politicians, the Public and Privatization, 1992-2010; Endings and Beginnings; Beginnings and Endings; References; Bibliography; Acknowledgements

Photo AcknowledgementsIndex

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 26, 2014).

ISBN:

9781780233239

178023323X

OCLC:

880531338