The Official History of Criminal Justice in England and Wales

Volume III of The Official History of Criminal Justice in England and Wales draws on archival sources and individual accounts to offer a history of penal policymaking in England and Wales between 1959 and 1997.

David Downes is Professor Emeritus of Social Policy and a member and former director of the Mannheim Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice at the London School of Economics, UK.

1. The Rise of Penal Hope, 1895-1967 2. Dropping the Admiral: Changing policy on maximum security imprisonment, 1965-8 3. Getting to Grips: The making of the dispersal system, 1968-79 4. Forcing the Issue: Penal policy from May to Langdon 5. The Making of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 6. The Woolf Report and After 7. The Pursuit of Innovation 8. Conclusion