Race relations in prison / Elaine Genders and Elaine Players ; with the assistance of Valerie Johnston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Genders, Elaine.

Contributor:

Players, Elaine.

Johnston, Valerie J., 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prisons and race relations--England.

Prisons and race relations.

England.

Physical Description:

viii, 180 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1989.

Summary:

This pioneering study looks at the history of race relations policy in British prisons and the ways in which approaches to immigration and race relations legislation have influenced attitudes toward race relations. Providing an in-depth focus on three institutions and the personal experiences of their staffs and inmates, the book examines racial stereotypes in prisons, problems of and responses to discrimination, impediments to future improvements in race relations, and possible reforms.

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages [165]-174.

ISBN:

0198256175 :

OCLC:

18382588