The special focus on detention, edited by David Scott, explores the different sites and purposes of detention, and examines the backgrounds and experiences of those detained and considers the legitimacy of detention.
This is the first edition produced in partnership with Routledge.
There are a wide range of articles examining detention under terrorism powers, the growth in the prison population, the increasing use of immigration detention, police use of detention, deaths in custody, the impact of detention on families and inspecting custodial institutions.
In this edition
Phil Scraton and Linda Moore highlight the harms of imprisonment for women and girls in Northern Ireland
By Phil Scraton and Linda Moore
