Publication

Prison Service Journal: 211

Friday, 3 January 2014

The 2013 Perrie Lectures series, with the theme of ‘Contraction in an age of expansion’, form the core of the articles in this edition of Prison Service Journal.

In this edition:

Book reviews:

  • Crime and the Economy, by Richard Rosenfeld and Steven Messner (reviewed by Dr Jamie Bennett)
  • The Evidence Enigma: Correctional Boot Camps and Other Failures in Evidence-Based Policymaking, by Tiffany Bergin (reviewed by Dr Rachel Campbell-Colquhoun)
  • Life Imprisonment: An Unofficial Guide, by Alan Baker (reviewed by Paul Crossey)
  • Key Concepts in Youth Studies, by Mark Cieslik and Donald Simpson (reviewed by Dr Daniel Marshall)
  • Women, Punishment and Social Justice: Human Rights and Penal Practices, by Margaret Malloch, and Gill McIvor (Eds) (reviewed by Bev Orton)