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“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 rec……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

**“**Grim and gruesome tales from the nearly 200-year history of the commonwealth’s most infamous prison.” ーStyle Weekly Thomas Jefferson developed the idea for the Virginia State Penitentiary and ……続きを見る

A history of the iconic London prison, featuring insights on daily life, the evolution of prison systems, and famous inmates. As the place where prisoners, male and female, awaited trial, execution,……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

An in-depth history of one of Canada’s World War II internment camps that held both Nazis and anti-Nazis alike. For eighteen months during the Second World War, the Canadian military interned 1,145 ……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 true crime account of a murdered teen in Victorian-era England, the Scotland Yard sergeant sent to investigate, and the gripping events that followed. Before Road there was Frome . . . before Whic……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 more……続きを見る

Generativity or ‘giving back’ is regarded as a common life stage, occurring for many around middle age. For the first time, this book offers qualitative research on the lives and social relationship……続きを見る

An anthology of illustrated narratives about the prison and the lives it changed forever. In January 2002, the United States sent a group of Muslim men they suspected of terrorism to a prison in Gua……続きを見る

Tracking technologies are now ubiquitous and are part of many people’s everyday lives. Large sections of the population voluntarily use devices and apps to track fitness, medical conditions, sleep, ……続きを見る

Given the over-involvement of young men in crime and young men’s disproportionally high rates of reoffending, it is surprising that more research has not explored young men’s experiences of prison. ……続きを見る

A true-crime history of 20th-century, British judicial hangings from 1900 to 1964, and a look at the overall history of executions in Great Britain. It is a sobering thought that until the closing y……続きを見る

In this collection of essays, interviews, and speeches, the renowned activist examines today’s issuesーfrom Black Lives Matter to prison abolition and more. Activist and scholar Angela Y. Davis has ……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

With firsthand sources and archeological research, this study explores life inside Nazi prisons during the occupation of the Channel Islands. Through most of the Second World War, Nazis occupied the……続きを見る

This prison memoir vividly recounts a life of abuse, crime, and incarceration, and reveals the harrowing reality inside America’s broken prison system. When Ernie López was a boy selling newspapers ……続きを見る

A local historian uncovers a racially charged murder trial in upstate New York in this examination of prejudice and punishment in the early twentieth century. In 1905, the quiet rural community of W……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

This book presents an original synthesis of the leading international research on children in conflict with the law, providing an evidence base for a rights-based justice system. Informed by interna……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

“With these incredible and often heartbreaking stories, John Paul Davis clearly demonstrates how the fortress acquired its sinister reputation.” ーHistory . . . the Interesting Bits! Famed as the ul……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

This engaging textbook provides a broad and unique coverage of the key historical events that shaped ideas in criminology, criminal justice and policing from the late seventeenth century to the earl……続きを見る