The Inner Temple Social Context of the Law Lecture by The Rev’d Jonathan Aitken and Chris Daw KC. Moderated by Libby Purves OBE, 2 February 2021.
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Further Reading
A Bit of a Stretch: The Diaries of a Prisoner Chris Atkins (2020)
Justice on Trial: Radical Solutions for a System at Breaking Point Chris Daw (2020)
Sins of Fathers: A Spectacular Break from a Criminal, Dark Past Michael Emmett with Harriet Compston (2021)
Justice and Penal Reform: Re-shaping the Penal Landscape Stephen Farrall (Editor) (2016)
Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison (Penguin Modern Classics) Michel Foucault (1975)
Shades of the Prison House: A History of Incarceration in the British Isles Harry Potter (2019)
Pain and Retribution: A Short History of British Prisons, 1066 to the Present by David Wilson (2014)