Does Prison Work?

From Online Learning June 21, 2017

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Rates of penal incarceration around the world have reached record levels and in England and Wales, where there is the highest prison population in western Europe, prison is clearly the punishment of choice. But does the prison work?

In this video, Joe Sim, Professor of Criminology at Liverpool John Moores University, questions whether the prison system meets its stated aims to rehabilitate, deter and incapacitate offenders and makes the case for a more humane and effective system.

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