Tackling prison overcrowding

Reference & Research Book News, May, 2009

Tackling prison overcrowding.

Ed. by Mike Hough et al.

Policy Press

2008

138 pages

$29.95

Paperback

Researching criminal justice

HV9646

This volume for criminal justice policymakers and practitioners in the UK is a response to the 2007 Carter Review that recommended the building of larger prisons in order to deal with overcrowded facilities. Editors Hough (criminal policy, King's College London), Allen (Director of the International Centre for Prison Studies, King's College London) and Solomon (Deputy Director of the International Centre for Prison Studies, King's College London) have assembled the opinion of nine academic experts to analyze the conclusions made by Lord Carter, noting that prison overcrowding is a political problem that needs a political solution. Contributors discuss alternative solutions such as consistent and predictable sentencing standards and a more objective scrutiny of the innovations provided by the private sector. Distributed in the US by ISBS.

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