Controversial issues in prisons /
David Scott and Helen Codd.
- xiv, 208 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Thinking about controversial issues in prison -- 2. Mental health problems in prison -- 3. Women in prison -- 4. Children and young people in custody -- 5. 'Race', racisim and foreign national prisoners -- 6. Self-inflicted deaths -- 7. The treatment of people who sexually offend -- 8. Drug taking -- 9. Prisoners and their families -- 10. Beyond penal controversies : towards abolitionism.