Reviews : The Prison and the Factory DARIO MELOSSI AND MASSIMO PAVARINI Critical Criminology MacMillan; 1981; 243 pp; £5.95 pb
| Published date | 01 March 1982 |
| DOI | 10.1177/026455058202900128 |
| Date | 01 March 1982 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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features
of
divorce
law
with
a
human
story.
The
result
is
an
easily
read
treatise
in
which
dry,
legalistic
matter
is
brought
to
life
by
being
embodied
within
a
series
of
relevant
anecdotes.
Most
aspects
of
the
divorce
process
are
covered
con-
cisely
but
in
easily
understood
terms,
with
not
a
footnote
to
be
found
any-
where.
Primarily,
the
author
is
making
a
plea
to
reduce
the
adversarial
aspects
which
are
all
too
common
and
damag-
ing
features
inherent
within
the
process
of
divorce.
His
concern
over
the
harm
caused
to
children
of
broken
marriages,
especially
when
they
are
used
as
&dquo;pawns&dquo;
by
disputing
parents,
is
obvious
and
his
remedy
by
way
of
a
conciliated
solution
will
find
many
adherents.
This
book
will
make
valuable
reading
for
Officers
engaged
in
Divorce
Court
Welfare
work
and
particularly
so
for
those
with
less
experience
who
will
be
taking
up
this
function.
BERNARD
DOWNS
Divorce
Court
Welfare
Officer,
The
Law
Courts,
Hastings
The
Prison
and
the
Factory
DARIO
MELOSSI
AND
MASSIMO
PAVARINI
Critical
Criminology
MacMillan;
1981;
243
pp;
£5.95
pb.
Abstract:
Analyses
the
connection
between
the
creation
of
penal
institutions
and
regimes
in
Europe
and
the
USA,
and
the
problems
of
control
generated
by
the
emergence
of
capitalist
social
relations.
No-one
who
wishes
to
understand
the
present
prison
crises
in
its
real
context
can
afford
not
to
read
this
important
book.
P.
J.
SIMPSON
DTC,
Liverpool
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