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Prisoners' Work and Vocational Training [electronic resource]
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Most prisoners in the UK are required to work. Yet prison work is a relatively neglected subject in the existing literature on imprisonment and few studies have focused on the nature of prison work, prisoners' experience of it, and the extent to which it meets the need of rehabilitating prisoners. Prisoners' Work and Vocational Training sheds new light on this crucial area in the work of prisons and examines: *the nature of training received by prisoners *the actual work they undertake *how this relates to the world or work outside *the role it plays in helping to
| Title |
Prisoners' Work and Vocational Training [electronic resource]. |
|---|---|
| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Publisher |
Hoboken : Taylor and Francis |
| Creation Date |
1999 |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record. |
| Content |
Book Cover Half-Title Title Copyright Dedication Contents List of tables Foreword Preface Acknowledgements 1 Introduction 2 Six prisons 3 Pictures of prison work, and comparisons with outside 4 General features of prison work 5 Vocational training in prisons 6 Sink, float or swim: release from prison 7 The challenge ahead Appendix 1 Work instructors' aims Appendix 2 Perceptions by prison staff and prisoners of the aims and purposes of prison work Appendix 3 Statistical analyses of the follow-up sample Notes and references Bibliography Index |
| Extent |
1 online resource (278 p.) |
| Language |
English |
| National Library system number |
997010711824205171 |
MARC RECORDS
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