Crisis and Change in the British and Dutch Prison Services: Understanding Crisis-reform Processes

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2009 - Law - 219 pages
Examining the conditions under which a crisis in a policy sector can lead to significant reform within the sector, this study draws on crises within the British and Dutch Prison Services.
 

Contents

How Crises Can Lead to Reform
7
PreCrisis Descriptions 3333
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45
1
58
Cell Shortages and Escapes
91
1
106
The Escapes from Whitemoor and Parkhurst 19941995
119
Recognizing Patterns of Reform
153
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154
4
172
Alternative Paths to Reform
177
2
193
Appendices
197
Index
215
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Sandra L. Resodihardjo is a lecturer at the Department of Public Administration, Leiden University. In 2007, she spent two months conducting research at the University of Manchester as a Hallsworth Visiting Professor. Her current research focuses on crises, policy making and reform; with an emphasis on the effects of agenda-setting on policy making. She is a founding member of the Dutch Policy Agendas Project.

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