Prisons and Penal Policy - SOCI9400

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MA in Criminology MA in Sociology

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Indicative reading

Bottoms, A. Rex, s. and Robinson, G. (2004) Alternatives to Prison: Willan Carlen, P. and Worrall, A. (2004) Analysing Women's Imprisonment: Willan Cullen, F. and Gilbert, K. (1982) Reaffirming Rehabilitation: Anderson Currie, E. (1998) Crime and Punishment in America: Metropolitan Books Foucault, M. (1977) Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison: Allen Lane Goffman, E. (1961) Asylums: Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates: Pelican Matthews, R. (2009) Doing Time: An Introduction to the Sociology of Imprisonment: Palgrave/Macmillan Matthews, R. (2001) Imprisonment: Ashgate Parenti, C. (1999) Lockdown America: Police and Prisons in the Age of Crisis: Verso Rusche, G. and Kirchheimer, O. (2003) Punishment and Social Structure: Transaction Tonry, M. (2004) The Future of Imprisonment: Oxford University Press

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  2. ECTS credits are recognised throughout the EU and allow you to transfer credit easily from one university to another.
  3. The named convenor is the convenor for the current academic session.
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