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The Rise and Fall of the Rehabilitative Ideal, 1895-1970
Spanning almost a century of penal policy and practice in England and Wales, this book is a study of the long arc of the rehabilitative ideal, beginning in 1895, the year of the Gladstone Committee on Prisons, and ending in 1970, when the policy of treating and training criminals was very much on the defensive.
| Author(s) | By Victor Bailey. |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format | Paperback / softback |
| Pages | 568 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 11 Apr 2019 |
| Availability | Available |
Spanning almost a century of penal policy and practice in England and Wales, this book is a study of the long arc of the rehabilitative ideal, beginning in 1895, the year of the Gladstone Committee on Prisons, and ending in 1970, when the policy of treating and training criminals was very much on the defensive.
Introduction: The Rehabilitative Ideal 1. English Prisons and Penal Culture, 1895-1922 2. Judges, the Tariff and the Abatement of Imprisonment, 1895-1922 3. War, Inter-War and the Decreasing Prison Population, 1914-1939 4. Prisons, Prisoners, and Penal Re
Victor Bailey was Director of the Hall Center for the Humanities from 2000 to 2017 and the Charles W. Battey Distinguished Professor of Modern British History at the University of Kansas, USA.
