Penology & Punishment

Many people will find it hard to believe that deep within key aspects of the Law of England and Wales there lie significant defects - such is t...

An intriguing investigation into over 50 elusive artworks that were stolen and never recovered.Mona Lisa, Starry Night, Birth of Venus. People trav...

In the field of criminal justice, public policy is designed to address the problems brought on by criminal behavior and the response to that behavi...

THE ALL-TIME KOREAN CLASSIC OVER 1 MILLION COPIES SOLD, +100 REPRINTS Reflections from Prison is the collected letters and essays written by reno...

This book draws on a four-year ethnographic study conducted in the prisons and on the streets of Greater Manchester, England, to examine gangs and ...

The Handbook on Contemporary Issues in Health, Crime, and Punishment covers many topics on the numerous ways in which mental and physical health an...

A gripping and powerful account of what prison is like and what it takes to make it through... Make sure you read it. Kimberley ChambersWidely know...

The post 9/11 era has produced structured rehabilitation programmes in a wide range of countries including Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Pakistan, Malay...

This book addresses a variety of key issues surrounding mental health and the criminalization of certain individuals and groups by the Criminal Jus...

American criminal justice is a dysfunctional mess. Cops are too violent, the punishments are too punitive, and the so-called Land of the Free impri...

Gender and punishment in Ireland explores womens lethal violence in Ireland. Drawing on comprehensive archival research, including government docum...

Discussing social media-related scholarship found in criminology, legal studies, policing, courts, corrections, victimization, and crime prevention...

Discussing social media-related scholarship found in criminology, legal studies, policing, courts, corrections, victimization, and crime prevention...

Dan Slepian, a veteran NBC News investigative producer, had scanned some of the thousands of pages of court documents that JJ had sent him and was ...

Side-by-side, time-lapse photos and interviews, separated by twenty-five years, of people serving life sentences in prison, by the bestselling auth...

In this memoir, Eric Newhall traces his life and political evolution with a particular focus on his time inside Lompoc Federal Correctional Inst...

This vital addition to carceral, prison, and disability studies draws important new links between deinstitutionalization and decarceration  Prison ...

This vital addition to carceral, prison, and disability studies draws important new links between deinstitutionalization and decarceration  Prison ...

Based on ethnographic observations and interviews with prisoners, correctional officers, and civilian staff conducted in solitary confinement units...

Tracing the rise of digital computing in policing and punishment and its harmful impact on criminalized communities of color  The U.S. Bureau of Ju...

Tracing the rise of digital computing in policing and punishment and its harmful impact on criminalized communities of color  The U.S. Bureau of Ju...

The first English translation of letters of arrest from eighteenth century France held in the archives of the Bastille Drunken and debauched husban...

Hip-Hop and Dismantling the School-to-Prison Pipeline was created for K12 students in hopes that they find tangible strategies for creating affirmi...

Justice reinvestment was introduced as a response to mass incarceration and racial disparity in the United States in 2003. This book examines justi...

Childhood has never been available to all. In her opening chapter of For the Children?, Erica R. Meiners stakes the claim that childhood is a racia...

There are millions of children experiencing parental imprisonment all over the world. This book is about their problems, human rights and how they ...

This comprehensive edited collection draws together the latest international literature on offender compliance during penal supervision and after c...

This comprehensive edited collection draws together the latest international literature on offender compliance during penal supervision and after c...

This volume explores the theory and practice of sentencing in England and Wales, exploring issues such as the role of previous convictions, offende...

Exploring the first purpose-built prison community of its kind, the HMP Dovegate Therapeutic Community, this book provides the most comprehensive c...

Exploring the first purpose-built prison community of its kind, the HMP Dovegate Therapeutic Community, this book provides the most comprehensive c...