Product Description: Book by Owen, Tim

Now in its third edition, Prison Law is the leading text in its field. It offers comprehensive coverage of the law and the remedies available to prisoners, including complaints procedures, civil claims, judicial review, and claims under the Human Rights Act. Both domestic and international avenues of redress are explained in detail. The book covers all aspects of prison life, from categorization and allocation, to living conditions, access to the outside world, transfer and repatriation, discipline, and the procedures governing the release of fixed term prisoners and those serving life sentences.

Product Description: "Success at the Enquiry Desk" is an essential desk-book to help the information professional become self-sufficient in answering enquiries. Step by step, it guides the reader through all the stages of research, from finding out what the enquirer really wants to providing a polished, value-added answer...read more

Provides the full text of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005, together with a practical explanation of the legislation. This guide comprehensively explains the scope and impact of the Act.

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Product Description: Designed as a one-stop manual of techniques, this text offers practical advice to information and library professionals on how to make best use of available resources and become self-sufficient on the enquiry desk. Intended for both large and small libraries, the book includes a list of the 25 multi-purpose reference sources librarians cannot be without...read more

Product Description: Based on the book of the same title, this course offers practical advice to all library staff on how to make the best use of available resources and become self-sufficient on the enquiry desk. The modular structure provides flexibility to deliver the course either complete over one day or in ten separate sessions...read more

Product Description: The law governing the administration of prisons and prisoners' rights is not separate from the mainstream of English law. It consists of a body of rules and regulations drawn from other recognized legal categories including constitutional, civil liberties, and administrative law...read more