Prison riots in Britain and the USA / Robert Adams ; Jo Campling, consultant editor.
Prison riots in Britain and the USA / Robert Adams ; Jo Campling, consultant editor.
Prison riots in Britain and the USA / Robert Adams ; Jo Campling, consultant editor.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Macmillan ; New York : St. Martin's Press, 1992.
Date
1992.
Call Numbers
N365.641/5
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Language
English
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Physical content
xi, 268 p. : 23 cm.
Contents
1. Prison Riots: Problems and Perspectives -- 2. Narratives of Imprisonment and Rioting -- 3. Prison Riots in the US -- 4. Prison Riots in Britain -- 5. Responses to Prison Riots -- 6. Explaining Prison Riots -- 7. Prospects of Prison Riots.
Publication information
Publisher
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Macmillan ; New York : St. Martin's Press, 1992.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1992.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
Drawing on incidents where in extreme cases the prisoners have blow-torched, sodomised and raped their guards and each other, and the authorities have used the military, tanks, dynamite, and machine-guns to quell riots, the book illustrates the violent nature of prison riots and of responses to them by the authorities. It concludes that the challen...
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Prison riots in Britain and the USA / Robert Adams ; Jo Campling, consultant editor.
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Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 238-258) and index.
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N365.641/5
Record Identifier
74VKqVOoDoJX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKqVOoDoJX
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ISBN
0312083823
9780312083823
DDC
365.641
MMS ID
991020262649702626
