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Punishment: A Failed Social Experiment (2012)

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Posted by Films For Action on Mar. 10, 2012

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Punishment: A Failed Social Experiment provides a detailed, critical analysis of the current legal and justice system generally in operation across the planet whilst also providing potential solutions which work on preventing crime and creating a much more socially sustainable society.

Original interviews with: DR. DAVID SCOTT, Criminologist, University of Central Lancashire PROFESSOR JOE SIM, Professor in Criminology, Liverpool John Moores University DR. BOB JOHNSON, Prison Psychiatrist, Special Unit in HMP Parkhurst Prison JOE BLACK, Prison Campaigner, Campaign Against Prison Slavery

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