ABSTRACT

This is Volume VII of fifteen in a series on the Sociology of Law and Criminology. Originally published in 1952, this is an account of the prison and Borstal systems in England and Wales after the Criminal Justice Act 1948, with a historical introduction and an examination of the principles of imprisonment as a legal punishment.

part One|74 pages

What Is Prison For?

chapter Chapter One|16 pages

The Question

chapter Chapter Two|21 pages

The Question Is Posed

chapter Chapter Three|17 pages

The Nineteenth Century Answers

chapter Chapter Four|18 pages

The Twentieth Century Answers

part Two|34 pages

Administration And Accommodation

chapter Chapter Five|8 pages

Central Administration

chapter Chapter Six|13 pages

Local Administration

chapter Chapter Seven|11 pages

Accommodation

part Three|173 pages

The Training And Treatment Of Adults

chapter Chapter Eight|17 pages

The Prison Population

chapter |30 pages

Chapter Nine Classification And Training

chapter Chapter Ten|18 pages

Security And Control

chapter Chapter Eleven|25 pages

Work

chapter Chapter Twelve|26 pages

The Chaplain'S Department

chapter Chapter Thirteen|11 pages

Physical Welfare

chapter Chapter Fourteen|15 pages

Medical Services

chapter Chapter Fifteen|20 pages

After-Care

chapter Chapter Sixteen|9 pages

Results

part Four|42 pages

Special Classes Of Prisoners

chapter Chapter Seventeen|12 pages

Miscellaneous Classes

chapter Chapter Eighteen|28 pages

Persistent Offenders

part Five|77 pages

Young Offenders

chapter Chapter Nineteen|17 pages

The Penal System And The Young Offender

chapter Chapter Twenty|8 pages

Young People In Prison

chapter Chapter Twenty-One|16 pages

The Borstal System

chapter Chapter Twenty-Two|24 pages

Borstal Training

chapter Chapter Twenty-Three|10 pages

Release And After