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• catalog abstract ""This book constitutes a critical case study of the modern search for public sector reform. It includes a detailed account of a study aimed at developing a meaningful way of evaluating difficult-to-measure moral dimensions of the quality of prisons." "Penal practices, values, and sensibilities have undergone important transformations over the period 1990-2003. Part of this transformation included a serious flirtation with a liberal penal project that went wrong. A significant contributory factor in this unfortunate turn of events was a lack of clarity, by those working in and managing prisons, about important terms such as 'justice', 'liberal', and 'care', and how they might apply to daily penal life. Related to this, official measures of the prison seem to lack relevance to many who live and work in prison and to its critics. The information revolution has generated unprecedented levels of knowledge about individual prisons, as well as providing a management reach into establishments from a distance, and a capacity for 'chronic revision', that was unimaginable fifty years ago. This book explores the arrival and the impact of the concept of performance and the links apparently forged between managerialism and moral values." "The author proposes that a truer test of the quality of prison life is what staff and prisoners have to say about those aspects of prison life that 'matter most': relationships, fairness, order, and the quality of their treatment by those above them. This book attempts a detailed analysis and measurement of these dimensions in five prisons. It finds significant differences between establishments in these areas of prison life, and some departures from the official vision of the prison supported by the performance framework."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b13293268.
• catalog contributor b13293269.
• catalog coverage "Great Britain Moral conditions.".
• catalog created "2004.".
• catalog date "2004".
• catalog date "2004.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "2004.".
• catalog description ""This book constitutes a critical case study of the modern search for public sector reform. It includes a detailed account of a study aimed at developing a meaningful way of evaluating difficult-to-measure moral dimensions of the quality of prisons." "Penal practices, values, and sensibilities have undergone important transformations over the period 1990-2003. Part of this transformation included a serious flirtation with a liberal penal project that went wrong. A significant contributory factor in this unfortunate turn of events was a lack of clarity, by those working in and managing prisons, about important terms such as 'justice', 'liberal', and 'care', and how they might apply to daily penal life. Related to this, official measures of the prison seem to lack relevance to many who live and work in prison and to its critics. The information revolution has generated unprecedented levels of knowledge about individual prisons, as well as providing a management reach into establishments from a distance, and a capacity for 'chronic revision', that was unimaginable fifty years ago. This book explores the arrival and the impact of the concept of performance and the links apparently forged between managerialism and moral values." "The author proposes that a truer test of the quality of prison life is what staff and prisoners have to say about those aspects of prison life that 'matter most': relationships, fairness, order, and the quality of their treatment by those above them. This book attempts a detailed analysis and measurement of these dimensions in five prisons. It finds significant differences between establishments in these areas of prison life, and some departures from the official vision of the prison supported by the performance framework."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [495]-534) and index.".
• catalog description "Penal Values and Prison Evaluation -- The Late Modern Prison and the Question of Values -- The Measurement and Evaluation of Prison Regimes -- Identifying What Matters in Prison -- Particular Prisons and their Qualities -- Key Dimensions of Prison Life -- Relationships Dimensions -- Regime Dimensions -- Social Structure and Meaning -- Penal Values and Prison Management -- Managing Late Modern Prisons and their Performance -- Security, Harmony, and 'What Matters' in Prison Life -- Legitimacy, Decency, and the Moral Performance of Prisons.".
• catalog extent "xxvii, 549 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Prisons and their moral performance.".
• catalog identifier "0199271224".
• catalog isFormatOf "Prisons and their moral performance.".
• catalog isPartOf "Clarendon studies in criminology".
• catalog issued "2004".
• catalog issued "2004.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
• catalog relation "Prisons and their moral performance.".
• catalog spatial "Great Britain Moral conditions.".
• catalog spatial "Great Britain.".
• catalog subject "365.941 21".
• catalog subject "HV8706 .L543 2004".
• catalog subject "Prison administration Great Britain.".
• catalog subject "Prisoners Care Great Britain.".
• catalog subject "Prisoners Care Moral and ethical aspects Great Britain.".
• catalog subject "Prisons Moral and ethical aspects Great Britain.".
• catalog subject "Quality of life Great Britain.".
• catalog subject "Quality of life.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Penal Values and Prison Evaluation -- The Late Modern Prison and the Question of Values -- The Measurement and Evaluation of Prison Regimes -- Identifying What Matters in Prison -- Particular Prisons and their Qualities -- Key Dimensions of Prison Life -- Relationships Dimensions -- Regime Dimensions -- Social Structure and Meaning -- Penal Values and Prison Management -- Managing Late Modern Prisons and their Performance -- Security, Harmony, and 'What Matters' in Prison Life -- Legitimacy, Decency, and the Moral Performance of Prisons.".
• catalog title "Prisons and their moral performance : a study of values, quality, and prison life / Alison Liebling ; assisted by Helen Arnold.".
• catalog type "text".