Abstract
The media coverage given to the prison protest and riot at Strangeways in April 1990 — the most serious disturbance yet seen in the prison system of England and Wales and which coincided with the writing of this chapter — threw the questions of security, control and humane containment into stark relief. But the relationship between these matters is a complex one that has frequently been misunderstood; it almost certainly changes over time as one or another element is singled out for special attention. The research reported here was intended to provide a clear description of the present relationship between these variables in England and Wales and to set down some benchmarks against which future developments in the system might be measured.
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King, R.D., McDermott, K. (1992). Security, Control and Humane Containment in the Prison System in England and Wales. In: Downes, D. (eds) Unravelling Criminal Justice. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-22044-1_4
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