Age of Imprisonment

by Crawley; Elaine

• ISBN13: 9781843922636
• ISBN10: 1843922630
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2025-08-12
• Publisher: Willan

Summary

This book addresses the issue of the rapidly growing number of elderly men entering and serving time in prison. It draws upon extensive original research in four prisons holding concentrations of men aged sixty-five plus years. It examines, in fine-grained detail, the emotional, psychological and practical implications of serving a prison sentence late in life and the challenges facing staff working with this prisoner group. The work reported in this book combines a contextual policy analysis and an appraisal of current regimes and practices with close observation in the field and narrative interviews. This book will be of interest to academics and researchers working in the fields of criminology, prison studies and social studies of ageing, and those working in prisons in Britain and internationally.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Policing before the police: law enforcement in the late eighteenth century

Politics, pressures and policing initiatives: Glasgow in the Age of Enlightenment, 17791800

Urban challenges and new expectations: police origins and the pattern of adoption, 180032

Conflict and consensus: framing the model of urban management, 180032 Pioneers in police?

The police model and its historical significance, 180033

National legislation and the state of burgh policing at mid century, 183362

Policing the Scottish city, 180048

Towards incorporation: changing attitudes towards urban administration and challenges to elected police commissions, 183364

Conclusion

Social status classifications of police commissionersrsquo occupational profiles

Selectin of amended police constitutions, 180033

Bibliography

Index

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