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What do we know and what should we do about...? : Abolishing prisons / Joe Sim.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sim, Joe, Author.
- Series:
- What do we know and what should we do about
- What do we know and what should we do about...?
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prison abolition movements.
- Prisons.
- Imprisonment.
- imprisonment.
- Punishment.
- Physical Description:
- x, 117 pages ; 22 cm
- Other Title:
- What do we know and what should we do about abolishing prisons
- Abolishing prisons
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Thousand Oaks, California : Sage, [2025]
- Summary:
- "A critical exploration of the role and (in)effectiveness of prisons in contemporary society. It challenges popular misconceptions about what prison is and does, explains links between prison, social inequality and social power, analyses the limits of liberal prison reform, and openly champions an evidence based approach to prison abolition."
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 101-117) and index.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9781529684612
- 1529684617
- 9781529684605
- 1529684609
- OCLC:
- 1475274159
- Publisher Number:
- 90104576341
- CIPO000239134
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