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Analyzing sex-offense laws and false claims, this book shows that laws based on vengeance rather than justice or evidence create new forms of harm while failing to address the real and pervasive pro……続きを見る

Narratives on Prison Governmentality explores prison governmentality through the analysis of letters of prisoners. The collection of testimonies represents the opportunities and difficulties of resi……続きを見る

Because people’s contact with the criminal justice system comes in different shapes and forms, scholars are now broadening their analytical scope and examining the overall repercussions of criminal ……続きを見る

An analysis of the U.S. prison system through real-life stories, and a look at the complex work of community-based social justice projects. Through the stories of prisoners and their families, inclu……続きを見る

"An unforgettable look at the peculiar horrors and humiliations involved in solitary confinement" from the prisoners who have survived it ( New York Review of Books ). On any given day, the United S……続きを見る

"An uncommonly powerful memoir about four decades in confinement . . . A profound book about friendship [and] solitary confinement in the United States." ー New York Times Finalist for the Pulitzer ……続きを見る

"The book provides insight into life inside a maximum-security prison while illuminating the benefits of the craft of writing. . . . compassionate." ー Publishers Weekly A Grip of Time (prison slang……続きを見る

An eye-opening guide to the public execution practice of hanging criminals in body-shaped cages as a crime deterrent or religious punishment. The history of gibbeting is the story of one of Britain’……続きを見る

Thirteen personal accounts of solitary confinement's devastating impact in the United States criminal justice system. Six by ten feet. That's the average size of the cells in which tens of thousands……続きを見る

"Berryhill's account of this infamous 30-year-old murder case . . . Provides a jarring portrait of a once-medieval state prison." ー Publishers Weekly In April 1981, two white Texas prison officials……続きを見る

The public health expert and prison reform activist offers "meticulous analysis" on our criminal justice system and the plague of American incarceration ( The Washington Post). An internationally re……続きを見る

First published in 1984, Ideas on Institution is a review of the major English-language literature of the past two decades on the experience of living in institutions - hospitals, mental hospitals, ……続きを見る

Wrongly convicted inmates of the Dallas prison system tell their stories of survival and exoneration through personal interviews in this revealing book. Advances in DNA technology have revolutionize……続きを見る

So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption tells you what you need to knowーbefore or after you read Bryan Stevenson book. Crafted and edit……続きを見る

"A book that looks deeply into the lives of some of the convicts who were sentenced in court to be transported to Botany Bay." ー Pirates and Privateers In the eighty years between 1787 and 1868 mor……続きを見る

Winner of the American Society of Criminology Division on Feminist Criminology's Best Book Award 2025. Generativity or ‘giving back’ is regarded as a common life stage, occurring for many around mid……続きを見る

**“An interesting introduction to Victorian crimes, the people who committed them, and how effective rehabilitation may have been.” ー**Ripperologist Magazine What was life like in the Victorian und……続きを見る

An easy-to-use guide for British family historians tracing ancestry connected with the insolvency system. Debtors' prisons are infamous, but very little has been written about the records of those c……続きを見る

"Even-handed and free of jargon . . . a revealing account of how our criminal justice system operates on the ground level." ーEdward D. Berkowitz, author of Mass Appeal Joseph F. Spillane examines t……続きを見る

Preventing Prison Violence introduces the idea of ‘prison ecologies’ – a multi-layered perspective to understanding prison violence as a ‘product’ of human, environment (social and physical), system……続きを見る

This edited volume showcases research on vulnerable victimizations, or more specifically, on individuals and/or populations that, due to their status, have less power in society, are socially contro……続きを見る

This book features the empirical work of internationally known scholars, providing an in-depth examination of the overlap between online and offline victimization and offending. The vast expanse of ……続きを見る

Each entry in this essential collection of primary resources on capital punishment features an authoritative introduction and analysis that helps provide crucial context for understanding the evolut……続きを見る

Sanaz Alasti leaves the mainstream alternatives to incarceration to examine a different, seemingly archaic approach, physical (but non-carceral) punishmentーcorporal punishment. This book ignites de……続きを見る

The Pennsylvania Journal of Prison Discipline and Philanthropy is a seminal work that offers a profound exploration of the penal system in 19th-century America, specifically focusing on the reformat……続きを見る

In this updated edition, a psychologist offers an unbiased look inside Ohio's death row and the personal perspectives of inmates facing execution. In Watch Me Die, Dr. Bill Kimberlin explores the gr……続きを見る

No livro, a autora considera a prisão como espaço produtivo de relações. A análise está ancorada numa etnografia que, ao longo de sua realização, se tornou multissituada. Preocupada em seguir as red……続きを見る

Rethinking Community Sanctions: Social Justice and Penal Control redresses the invisibility of community sanctions in a popular imaginary dominated by the prison, resulting in their being seen as ‘n……続きを見る

High levels of remand or pre-trial detention (PTD) is a matter of growing concern in many countries, and at a European level. Despite being responsible for a significant part of the prison populatio……続きを見る

In this new and distinctive contribution to the desistance literature, Dr David Honeywell draws on his own lived experience to consider his route through youth delinquency and prison to a life away ……続きを見る