Michael - Penology 1

Crime is an American preoccupation. Campaigns such as "the war on drugs," zero tolerance policing, and three strikes and you're out--not to mention the ever-shrill coverage of crime stories-all sugg……続きを見る

Why have so many radical thinkers advocated for the abolition of prisons and punishment? And why have their ideas been so difficult to popularize or garner the political will for change? This book o……続きを見る

For nearly twenty years, Glasgow has been coined Europe’s murder capital, and identified as having the continent’s highest drug harms. The Contemporary History of Drug-Based Organised Crime in Scotl……続きを見る

The harrowing true story of the abuses two boys suffered at a Florida reform school and how they came together fifty years later to confront their attackers. “[The Boys of the Dark] reads seamlessly……続きを見る

A convicted drug trafficker and advocate for prison reform "provides more than just a seamy look at prison life. A chilling, timely portrayal" (Tara McKelvey, The New York Times Book Review**).** Am……続きを見る

Winner, 2024 Distinguished Book Award, Sociology of Law Section, American Sociological Association Winner, 2024 Outstanding Book Award, Division of Policing, American Society of Criminology Policing……続きを見る

Winner, 2024 Distinguished Book Award, Sociology of Law Section, American Sociological Association Winner, 2024 Outstanding Book Award, Division of Policing, American Society of Criminology Policing……続きを見る

Policing: The Essentials responds to a need for a more concise presentation of policing. It covers the essential materials for understanding the history, development, and current operations of polic……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

First published in 1980, Mugging as a Social Problem sets out to remedy the deficiency of serious research on mugging. The work is based on a random sample of over 1000 muggings which occurred withi……続きを見る

"The Ordeal" is a detailed look at what occurs when a person is falsely accused of child molestation. From the first allegation to the flawed conviction and on to the post-conviction appeal process ……続きを見る

Despite 15 years of reform efforts, the incarceration rate in the United States remains unprecedentedly high. This book provides the first comprehensive survey of these reforms and explains why they……続きを見る

Rape is a fact of life for the incarcerated. Can American society maintain the commitment expressed in recent federal legislation to eliminate the rampant and costly sexual abuse that has been insti……続きを見る

A comprehensive account of the myriad ways that sex and crime interact in contemporary social life, sensitively confronting topics such as nationhood, abortion, child sexual exploitation, war, disab……続きを見る

A comprehensive examination of the connection between mass incarceration and health In an age when over two million people are incarcerated in the United States alone, the wide-reaching impact of pr……続きを見る

In recent years, the lifecourse perspective has become a popular theoretical orientation toward crime. Yet despite its growing importance in the field of criminology, most textbooks give it only cur……続きを見る

This accessible book introduces the key concepts and theoretical developments of queer criminology and explains what they mean for modern criminal justice frameworks and practitioners. The book sets……続きを見る

The meaning of ‘forgiveness’ and its role within restorative justice are highly contested. This book offers analysis from practical and academic perspectives within Christian theology, against a ric……続きを見る

We now live in a pre-crime society, in which information technology strategies and techniques such as predictive policing, actuarial justice and surveillance penology are used to achieve hyper-secur……続きを見る

Creative writing and exercises for offenders and those at risk. Ideal for people who work with or support offenders and those at risk. 続きを見る

Killing Justice in the Lone Star State is a reality check on active Death Row cases (and some post-execution ones). 続きを見る

An intimate, first-hand account of the emotional and physical experience of doing time in jail and the strategies for enduring it. Jails are the principal people-processing machines of the criminal ……続きを見る

Drawing on work from inside some of America’s largest and toughest prisons, this book documents an alternative model of "restorative corrections" utilizing the lived experience of successful inmates……続きを見る

Corrections officials faced with rising populations and shrinking budgets have increasingly welcomed "faith-based" providers offering services at no cost to help meet the needs of inmates. Drawing f……続きを見る

An insight of what it's like to be in prison on a day-to-day basis and how the prison system actually works. Michael O'Brien has first-hand experience of life inside Cardiff Prison. He tells the exp……続きを見る

'A memoir to shine a light in the darkest of nights . . . a story of redemption' – journalist Tony Parsons. Michael Maisey was excited the day he was locked up in the notorious Feltham Young Offende……続きを見る

Crime is an American preoccupation. Campaigns such as "the war on drugs," zero tolerance policing, and three strikes and you're out--not to mention the ever-shrill coverage of crime stories-all sugg……続きを見る

Much has been written about the laogai (sometimes likened to the Soviet gulag) in the People's Republic of China. Depending on the source, the prisons are described as nonexistent, enlightened insti……続きを見る

Despite great effort and some improvements, criminal justice today still seems like an oxymoron. There are some very good reasons for this feeling: catastrophic failures abound and marginal improvem……続きを見る

This book represents a brief treatise on the theory and research behind the concept of desistance from crime. This ever-growing field has become increasingly relevant as questions of serious issues ……続きを見る