The Official History of Criminal Justice in England and Wales - 9780367653958

Taylor & Francis

The Official History of Criminal Justice in England and WalesVolume III: The Rise and Fall of Penal Hope\nAuthor(s): David Downes\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367653958, 978-0367653958\nSynopsis\nVolume III of The Official History of Criminal Justice in England and Wales draws on archival sources and individual accounts to offer a history of penal policymaking in England and Wales between 1959 and 1997.\n\nThe book studies the changes underlying penal policymaking in the period, from a belief in the rehabilitative potential of imprisonment to a reaffirmation in 1993 that Prison Works as a deterrent to crime. A need to curb the rising prison population initially focussed on developing alternatives to prison and a new system of parole; however, their relative ineffectiveness led to sentencing becoming the key to penal reform. A slackening of faith in rehabilitation led to pressure for greater emphasis on humane.