Penology category: 518 books
Doing Harder Time?
The Experiences of an Ageing Male Prison Population in England and Wales
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2016
In his seminal text Society of Captives, Gresham Sykes discusses the general pains of imprisonment to which all prisoners are subjected: the deprivation of liberty, the deprivation of heterosexual relationships, and the deprivation of autonomy. Sykes recognised that different prisoners experience...
The Cultural Prison
Discourse, Prisoners, and Punishment
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2015
The incarcerated in America's cultural imagination.
The Cultural Prison brings a new dimension to the study of prisoners and punishment by focusing on how the punishment of American offenders is represented and shaped in the mass media through public arguments. The study is based on an analysis...
Decarcerating America
From Mass Punishment to Public Health
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2018
Bestselling category: The New Press is the country’s leading criminal justice publisher. Invisible Punishment, also an anthology, sold over 13,300 copies combined.
Unparalleled expertise: Ernest Drucker “owns” the idea of mass incarceration as an epidemic, and is the leading public health...
Crime, Prisons and Viscous Culture
Adventures in Criminalized Identities
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2016
This unique book explores criminalized identities and the idea of 'viscous culture' to provide new understandings of crime, punishment and justice. It shows that viscous culture encourages some of us to become outlaws, monsters or shapeshifters who challenge systems of domination and forces of control.
Crime,...
by Arnold G. Parks
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2012
The Missouri State Penitentiary was established in 1833 via a bill passed by the state legislature, and the first prisoner was incarcerated in 1835. Inmates constructed the main prison building from rock quarried at the site in 1836. The penitentiary closed on September 15, 2004, and plans are in place...
Killing Time
Life Imprisonment and Parole in Ireland
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2018
Little is known about life imprisonment and the process of releasing offenders back into the community in Ireland. Addressing this scarcity of information, Griffin’s empirical study examines the legal and policy framework surrounding life imprisonment and parole. Through an analysis of the rationales...
Convict criminology
Inside and out
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2016
Convict criminology is the study of criminology by those who have first-hand experience of imprisonment. This is the first single-authored book to trace the emergence of convict criminology and explore its relevance beyond the USA to the UK and other parts of Europe. Addressing epistemological issues...
by Amber Beierle, Ashley Phillips, Hanako Wakatsuki
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2014
Between 1872 and 1973, the Idaho State Penitentiary housed over 13,000 inmates. Some of Idaho�s most corrupt and cunning criminals resided behind these Boise sandstone walls. Constructed in large part by inmate labor, the �Old Idaho Penitentiary� stands as a reminder of Idaho�s Wild West past....
Probation and Politics
Academic Reflections from Former Practitioners
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2016
This book is a collection of essays by a unique group of authors about the political destruction of the probation service in England and Wales. All of them are probation officers turned academics, with a collective scholarly output that is both prodigious and distinguished. They address the history...
by Ross, Jeffrey Ian
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2016
Key Issues in Corrections is an engaging textbook critically analyzing the most important challenges affecting the correctional system in the USA. Written by a highly respected expert in the field, and building on his best-selling book Special problems in corrections, it examines long-standing and...
Young Offenders
Crime, Prison and Struggles for Desistance
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2015
Young Offenders provides one of the most in-depth studies of young males seeking, if often failing, to find a life beyond crime and punishment. Through rich interview data of young offenders over a ten year period, this book explores the complex personal and situational factors that promote and derail the desistance process.
Restoring Justice
An Introduction to Restorative Justice
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014
Restoring Justice: An Introduction to Restorative Justice offers a clear and convincing explanation of restorative justice, a movement within criminal justice with growing worldwide influence. It explores the broad appeal of this new vision and offers a brief history of its development. The book presents...
The Marion Experiment
Long-Term Solitary Confinement and the Supermax Movement
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2015
Taking readers into the darkness of solitary confinement, this searing collection of convict experiences, academic research, and policy recommendations shines a light on the proliferation of supermax (super-maximum-security) prisons and the detrimental effects of long-term high-security confinement...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2017
The discipline of adult education has been vastly discussed and optimized over the years. Despite this, certain niches in this area, such as correctional education, remain under-researched and under-developed. Strategic Learning Ideologies in Prison Education Programs is a pivotal reference source that...