Description
A collection of essays and responses from diverse contributors united in original examination of the intersection between incarceration and human rights. What do human rights concerns dictate about the practices that we tolerate in places of incarceration? And conversely, what can prisons, their hard facts and the ideas underpinning them, tell us about human rights?
The book offers a diversity of voices: from the inside view of Her Majesty's Inspector of Prisons to the words of a poet and former political prisoner; from an international policy overview of abuses of the mentally ill to a socio-economic reading of race and class in prisons. This range of approaches offers a uniquely rounded view of the topic, while each contributor's eminence in their field gives great depth of expertise.
About the Author
Melissa McCarthy is a freelance writer and editor
Book Information
ISBN 9780719081811
Author Melissa Mccarthy
Format Paperback
Page Count 168
Imprint Manchester University Press
Publisher Manchester University Press
Weight(grams) 245g
Dimensions(mm) 216mm * 138mm * 9mm
