Open Prisons
1st Edition
Published on 1. October 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
276 pages
978-1-032-56024-3 (ISBN)
Description
Originally published in 1977, Open Prisons presents research carried out in a number of prisons in the UK both 'open' and 'closed' intended to compare their effectiveness. Information was collected from inmates and prison staff through a number of exercises designed to assess the social atmosphere of the prison and how they felt about it. The book finishes with a chapter which discusses the policy implications of their findings. Today it can be read in its historical context.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Postgraduate, Professional, and Undergraduate
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
366 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-56024-3 (9781032560243)
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Additional editions
Howard Jones | Paul Cornes
Open Prisons
Book
10/2023
1st Edition
Routledge
€145.50
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Howard Jones | Paul Cornes
Open Prisons
E-Book
10/2023
1st Edition
Routledge
€39.49
Available for download
Howard Jones | Paul Cornes
Open Prisons
E-Book
10/2023
1st Edition
Routledge
€39.49
Available for download
Persons
Howard Jones and Paul Cornes, assisted by Richard Stockford
Content
Preface. 1. Open Prisons: Their Origins and Aims 2. The Closed Prisons 3. The Open Prisons 4. The Measurement of Prison Regimes 5. How the Regimes are Perceived 6. Studying Prison Staffs 7. The Social Backgrounds of Prison Officers 8. Prison Officers at Work 9. Policy Implications. Appendices: 1. The Moos Correctional Institutions Environment Scale: Instrumentation 2. The Prison Officer's Questionnaire 3. The Prison Officer's Diary 4. Prison Officers' Typology Matrix 5. A Tentative Evaluation of the Moos CIES. Notes. Index.