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The Lawbreaker: A Critical Study of the Modern Treatment of Crime
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Routledge Revivals
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Criminology.
- Justice, Administration of.
- Prisons.
- Probation.
- Punishment.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (304 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st edition
- Place of Publication:
- Routledge, 2016
- Summary:
- The early 21st century saw better prison conditions and a lower imprisonment rate however public worry over supposed increasing violent crime as perpetuated by the media in the 1930's led to a return to harsher sentences and fuller prisons. Originally published in 1933, The Lawbreaker analyses British penal methods of the time and of the past to discover the most effective ways to treat prisoners and reduce crime as well as identifying where more research is needed to obtain a balance between punishment and rehabilitation. This title will be of interest to students of Criminology and Sociology.
- ISBN:
- 1-317-32981-3
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