Life after life imprisonment by Appleton, C

“…In England and Wales, life imprisonment is the ultimate sanction for the most serious crimes. …”

Intersecting factors of disadvantage and discrimination and their effect on daily life during the coronavirus pandemic: the CICADA-ME mixed-methods study by Carol Rivas, Amanda P Moore, Alison Thomson, Kusha Anand, Zainab Zuzer Lal, Alison Fang-Wei Wu, Ozan Aksoy

“…In 2021–2 we interviewed 231 disabled Arab, South Asian, African or Central/East European migrants across England, Scotland and Wales, 20 who were not disabled, and 20 disabled/non-disabled White British people (total n = 271). …”
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The responsible man: a study in two private prisons by Eser, S

“…<p>With the expansion of the use of private prisons and detention centres worldwide and the increasing involvement of private actors in the provision of custodial services, this doctoral thesis considers life inside two private prisons in England. Using theoretically informed ethnography it evaluates the effect of responsibility on men imprisoned in two private prisons in England. …”

Maternal sentencing and the rights of the child by Minson, S

“…It explores the experiences of children whose mothers are sentenced to imprisonment in England and Wales and contrasts their state-sanctioned separation from their mothers in the criminal courts (where the court may not even be aware of the existence of a child) to the state-sanctioned separation of children from their parents in the family courts, where the child has legal representation and their best interests are the court’s paramount consideration. …”

Sentencing for Murder by Mitchell, B, Roberts, J

“…In 1965, it was thought that nothing less than a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment would be an acceptable replacement for the death penalty for murder in England and Wales. …”

Foreign bodies: the prison's place in a global world by Kaufman, E, Emma M. Kaufman

“…<p>This thesis examines the treatment and experiences of foreign national prisoners in England and Wales. It contains two main arguments. …”

Psychosocial influences on prisoner suicide: a case-control study of near-lethal self-harm in women prisoners. by Marzano, L, Hawton, K, Rivlin, A, Fazel, S

“…We interviewed 60 women prisoners who had recently engaged in near-lethal self-harm (cases) and 60 others who had never carried out near-lethal acts in prison (controls) from all closed female prison establishments in England and Wales, using mixed quantitative and qualitative methods. …”

The association between trauma, offending behaviour, self harm and substance use with dissociation and absorption in male prisoners by Lad, Sunil

“…There are an increased number of people imprisoned every year in England and Wales. Whilst in prison up to 13% of prisoners engage in self harm, (HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, 2005) often to cope and deal with the stressful environment of prison life. …”
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