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BL
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654878
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| Main Entry
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Matthews, Roger,1948-
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| Title & Author
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Doing time : : an introduction to the sociology of imprisonment /\ Roger Matthews.
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xi, 288 pages :: illustrations ;; 23 cm
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| ISBN
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0312222394 (cloth)
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: 9780312222390 (cloth)
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: 0333752317 (Macmillan : pb.)
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: 9780333752319 (Macmillan : pb.)
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: 0333752309 (Macmillan : cl.)
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: 9780333752302 (Macmillan : cl.)
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Emergence of the modern prison -- Space, time and labour -- Order, control and adaptation in prison -- Prison profile: data, trends and analysis -- Unemployment, crime and imprisonment -- The scale of imprisonment -- Young people in custody -- Women's imprisonment -- Race and imprisonment -- The future of imprisonment.
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| Abstract
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"Doing Time provides an introduction to some of the main sociological debates associated with imprisonment. It incorporates a review of a wide range of material on imprisonment and is designed to acquaint students, researchers and practitioners with the literature on the subject." "Beginning with a historical examination of the emergence of the modern prison, the book examines the developments on incarceration over the last century and a half."--BOOK JACKET.
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| Subject
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Imprisonment.
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Prisoners.
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| Dewey Classification
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365
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| LC Classification
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HV8705.M386 1999
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