Prison Overcrowding

MacDonald, Morag (2019) Prison Overcrowding. In: Encyclopedia of Criminal Psychology. Sage, pp. 1093-1095. ISBN 9781483392264

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Abstract

Overcrowding in prison can impact significantly on prisoners’ health, access to education and training. In turn, this impacts on their ability to access the services and treatment vital to managing their throughcare to the community. Staff who are working in overcrowded prisons are also at risk in a range of ways.

Item Type:	Book Section
Dates:	Date Event 1 August 2019 Published
Subjects:	CAH15 - social sciences > CAH15-01 - sociology, social policy and anthropology > CAH15-01-02 - sociology
Divisions:	Law and Social Sciences > Law Law and Social Sciences > Criminology and Sociology > Criminology Law and Social Sciences > Criminology and Sociology > Sociology
Depositing User:	Morag Macdonald
Date Deposited:	16 Oct 2018 08:47
Last Modified:	04 Aug 2025 13:00
URI:	https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/6451