Gresham College Lectures
Gresham College has been providing free public lectures since 1597, making us London's oldest higher education institution. This podcast offers our recorded lectures that are free to access from the Gresham College website, or our YouTube channel.
Gresham College Lectures
Prison and Why We Send People There: Does it Work? Should it?
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Prisons and why we use them by a leading criminal lawyer and judge: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/prison-and-why-we-send-people-there-does-it-work-should-it
'They deserve to be put away'; 'Appeal the sentence - too short'; 'They should lock him up and throw away the key'. How civilised has it ever been to imprison other humans - or to want to do it? How many prisoners had their fates determined by circumstance, how many by truly free will? How often has increasing prison building been used to increase a politician's vote? How impossible would it be for most politicians to argue for fewer prisons because they do not work, when as a society we have to assume they do?
Modern experience in diverse countries - from Norway to the USA - may suggest that money can be better spent than on keys, bars and walls.
The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/prison-and-why-we-send-people-there-does-it-work-should-it
Gresham College has been giving free public lectures since 1597. This tradition continues today with all of our five or so public lectures a week being made available for free download from our website. There are currently over 1,800 lectures free to access or download from the website.
Website: http://www.gresham.ac.uk
Twitter: http://twitter.com/GreshamCollege
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/greshamcollege
'They deserve to be put away'; 'Appeal the sentence - too short'; 'They should lock him up and throw away the key'. How civilised has it ever been to imprison other humans - or to want to do it? How many prisoners had their fates determined by circumstance, how many by truly free will? How often has increasing prison building been used to increase a politician's vote? How impossible would it be for most politicians to argue for fewer prisons because they do not work, when as a society we have to assume they do?
Modern experience in diverse countries - from Norway to the USA - may suggest that money can be better spent than on keys, bars and walls.
The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/prison-and-why-we-send-people-there-does-it-work-should-it
Gresham College has been giving free public lectures since 1597. This tradition continues today with all of our five or so public lectures a week being made available for free download from our website. There are currently over 1,800 lectures free to access or download from the website.
Website: http://www.gresham.ac.uk
Twitter: http://twitter.com/GreshamCollege
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/greshamcollege