Inter-war Penal Policy and Crime in England
The Dartmoor Convict Prison Riot, 1932
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan
Published:22nd Feb '13
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An exploration of the 1932 prison riot in Dartmoor Convict Prison. One of the most notorious and destructive in English prison history, it received unprecedented public and media attention. This book examines the causes, events and consequences to shed new light on prison cultures and violence as well as penal policy and public attitudes.
“This book uses the central event of the riot as a cypher to explore key areas in the history of crime and penality in inter-war England. … The book has much to recommend it, in terms of both the detailed study of the event, the broader study of the culture of the prison, and the responses to, and representation of, the prison and its inmates in social and political discourse.” (Heather Shore, History - Journal of the Historical Association, January, 2016)
ISBN: 9780230282186
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 385g
191 pages