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Book Review: Drugs: Drinking and Recreational Drug Use in Australia

Book Review: Drugs: Drinking and Recreational Drug Use in Australia B()()K REVIE\VS 58 ANZJ Crim (1981) 14 Several issues raised in the report are, however, noteworthy - in that while they are well stated and supported by objective data no explanation for the phenomenon expressed is offered or postulated. One of these relates to the indication that long-term prisoners in Australia do not, based on survey data gathered from prison administrators, present a management problem. In fact, if anything can be said, they present less of a management problem than the mythical "average" prisoner does. This finding, as pointed out in the report, contradicts the information relating to the recent unrest in the American prison scene, where, we are told, it is the long-term prisoners who have contributed significantly to the unrest and turmoil, The report also comments on the plight of remand prisoners as well as the reluctance of govemments to upgrade the facilities in which they are confined. However, the underlying reason or reasons for these conditions are not addressed. The authors discuss several of the issues that regularly appear in the literature relating to the confinement of long-term prisoners. One of these issues, the need for special programmes for long-term prisoners, revealed that such programmes did http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology SAGE

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SAGE
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© The Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology and Authors, 1981
ISSN
0004-8658
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1837-9273
DOI
10.1177/000486588101400110
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B()()K REVIE\VS 58 ANZJ Crim (1981) 14 Several issues raised in the report are, however, noteworthy - in that while they are well stated and supported by objective data no explanation for the phenomenon expressed is offered or postulated. One of these relates to the indication that long-term prisoners in Australia do not, based on survey data gathered from prison administrators, present a management problem. In fact, if anything can be said, they present less of a management problem than the mythical "average" prisoner does. This finding, as pointed out in the report, contradicts the information relating to the recent unrest in the American prison scene, where, we are told, it is the long-term prisoners who have contributed significantly to the unrest and turmoil, The report also comments on the plight of remand prisoners as well as the reluctance of govemments to upgrade the facilities in which they are confined. However, the underlying reason or reasons for these conditions are not addressed. The authors discuss several of the issues that regularly appear in the literature relating to the confinement of long-term prisoners. One of these issues, the need for special programmes for long-term prisoners, revealed that such programmes did

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Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology – SAGE

Published: Mar 1, 1981

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