All Outputs (7)

Victorian Prisons (2008)
Book Chapter
Johnston, H. (2008). Victorian Prisons. In Dictionary of Prisons and Punishment (305 - 307). Willan

The 'Victorian Prison' refers to prisons during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901).  The Victorian period is key to our understanding of prisons and imprisonment, not only in terms of the significant change4s that were made in teh administration... Read More about Victorian Prisons.

Separate and Silent Systems (2008)
Book Chapter
Johnston, H. (2008). Separate and Silent Systems. In Dictionary of Prisons and Punishment (270 - 271). Willan

The separate and silent systems were two disciplinary regimes that became prominent in prisons during the early to mid-nineteenth century.  Both systems were based on the idea of reforming prisoners either through isolation or throught silent-associa... Read More about Separate and Silent Systems.

Less Eligibility (2008)
Book Chapter
Johnston, H. (2008). Less Eligibility. In Dictionary of Prisons and Punishment (151 - 152). Willan

The principle of less eligibility is based on the notion that those in prisons (or work-houses, historically) should ensure material living conditions that compare unfavourably with those of similarly disadvantaged people outside these institutions.

HM Prison Service (2008)
Book Chapter
Bennett, J., & Johnston, H. (2008). HM Prison Service. In Dictionary of prisons and punishment (115 - 117). Willan

HM Prison Service is the organization charged with managing public sector prisons and young offender institutions in England and Wales.

Punishment and Control in Historical Perspective (2008)
Book
Johnston, H. (2008). Punishment and Control in Historical Perspective. Palgrave Macmillan

Bringing together new research on punishment and control in the 19th and 20th centuries, this collection begins by examining the development of the modern prison, gender, social control and punishment, and psychiatry and the criminal justice system.... Read More about Punishment and Control in Historical Perspective.

Moral Guardians? Prison Officers, Prison Practice and Ambiguity in the Nineteenth Century (2008)
Book Chapter
Johnston, H. (2008). Moral Guardians? Prison Officers, Prison Practice and Ambiguity in the Nineteenth Century. In Punishment and Control in Historical Perspective (77 - 94). Palgrave Macmillan

This chapter is concerned with understanding the role and working lives of turnkeys, warders, prison officers between 1835 and 1877 period, and to examine this role within a broader understanding of the nature of local imprisonment at this time.  Ove... Read More about Moral Guardians? Prison Officers, Prison Practice and Ambiguity in the Nineteenth Century.

'Reclaiming the criminal' : the role and training of prison officers in England, 1877-1914 (2008)
Journal Article
Johnston, H. (2008). 'Reclaiming the criminal' : the role and training of prison officers in England, 1877-1914. Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, 47(3), 297-312. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2311.2008.00521.x

This article examines the role and training of prison officers in England, between 1877 and 1914. It is concerned with the changing penal philosophies and practices of this period and how these were implemented in local prisons, and the duties of the... Read More about 'Reclaiming the criminal' : the role and training of prison officers in England, 1877-1914.