Glimpses across 50 years of prison life from members of British Convict Criminology

Earle and Davies draw upon their own experiences of serving prison sentences and their subsequent careers in criminology. They sharply draw the reality of the experiences of imprisonment including the personal degradations. These experiences and their subsequent involvement in the convict criminolog...

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Published in:Prison service journal 2020-09 (250), p.13
Main Authors: Earle, Rod, Davies, Bill
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Convictions
Criminology
Imprisonment
Prison reform
Social justice
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Summary:Earle and Davies draw upon their own experiences of serving prison sentences and their subsequent careers in criminology. They sharply draw the reality of the experiences of imprisonment including the personal degradations. These experiences and their subsequent involvement in the convict criminology movement has led them to a particular vantage point where they see the wider social role of imprisonment and see prison reform not solely as a matter of ameliorating poor conditions, but instead as an issue of social justice.
ISSN:0300-3558
2046-4215