The national prison survey 1991 : a report to the Home Office of a study prisoners in England and Wales carried out by the Social Survey Division of OPCS

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The national prison survey 1991 : a report to the Home Office of a study prisoners in England and Wales carried out by the Social Survey Division of OPCS

Tricia Dodd, Paul Hunter

(SS, 1329)

H.M.S.O., 1992

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Description

A Report on The 1991 National Prison Survey which was carried out by Social Survey Division of the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys on behalf of the Home Office Research and Planning Unit. The interviewing for the survey took place in January and February 1991, in all prison establishments in England and Wales. A one in ten sample of male prisoners and a one in five sample of female prisoners were selected for interview and a response rate of 90 per cent was achieved.

Table of Contents

  • Background characteristics of the prisoners
  • the prison regime
  • attitudes to the prison regime and ideas for change
  • relationships in prison
  • contact with the outside - visits and letters
  • sentenced prisoners near release
  • unconvicted remand prisoners
  • acquaintance with violence prior to prison
  • previous sentences and attitudes to crime
  • imprisonment and prisoners' own criminality.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA27393600
  • ISBN
    • 0116914483
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    xviii, 114 p.
  • Size
    30 cm
  • Parent Bibliography ID
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