This unit is from our archive and it is an adapted extract from Crime, order and social control (D315), which is no longer in presentation. If you wish to study formally at The Open University, you may wish to explore the courses we offer in this curriculum area.
The material presented here focuses on a key question for criminologists, criminal justice policy-makers and politicians: ‘Does prison work?? The material is an audio file, originally 28 minutes in length, and examines the issues around this apparently simple criminological question. It was recorded in 1995.
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