Are Prisons Any Better?: Twenty Years of Correctional Reform (SAGE Criminal Justice System Annuals)

Are Prisons Any Better? brings together criminologists, economists and political scientists to address both the theoretical and political aspects of penal reform over the past two decades. The contributors varied backgrounds give the book an extra dimension because, the book argues, prison and social reform are synonymous, and discussing or proposing one without the other is fruitless.Murphy, John W. is the author of 'Are Prisons Any Better?: Twenty Years of Correctional Reform (SAGE Criminal Justice System Annuals)', published 1990 under ISBN 9780803935693 and ISBN 0803935692.