Book contents
- Why Prison?
- Series page
- Why Prison?
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures and tables
- Contributors
- Table of cases
- Foreword
- 1 Why prison? Posing the question
- Part I Penal discipline
- 2 Prisons and social structures in late-capitalist societies*
- 3 The prison paradox in neoliberal Britain
- 4 Crafting the neoliberal state: workfare, prisonfare and social insecurity*
- Part II Public participation
- Part III State detention
- Part IV Penal reform
- Part V Abolitionist alternatives
- Bibliography
- Index
3 - The prison paradox in neoliberal Britain
from Part I - Penal discipline
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 September 2013
- Why Prison?
- Series page
- Why Prison?
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures and tables
- Contributors
- Table of cases
- Foreword
- 1 Why prison? Posing the question
- Part I Penal discipline
- 2 Prisons and social structures in late-capitalist societies*
- 3 The prison paradox in neoliberal Britain
- 4 Crafting the neoliberal state: workfare, prisonfare and social insecurity*
- Part II Public participation
- Part III State detention
- Part IV Penal reform
- Part V Abolitionist alternatives
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Why Prison? , pp. 44 - 64Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013
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