Synopsis
Could Texas help the United Kingdom bring down its prison population, currently the highest in western Europe, Panorama joins Michael Gove on a fact-finding mission.
- Programme: Panorama
- Episode: Tough Justice in Britain -Texas Style
- Channel: BBC News
- Broadcast year: 2015
- Psychology | Non-custodial punishment as a response to criminal behaviour.
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