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Historical and contemporary philosophical writings on punishment.Bringing together classic and contemporary texts, this collection considers general philosophical concepts about …

As Nelson Mandela said, 'a nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but its lowest ones.' Shadowland tells the sometimes inspiring, often painful stories …

LONGLISTED FOR THE ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION Ten wrongful conviction cases Twenty-one innocent people Framed tells ten stories with a truth more shocking than fiction …

"e;A gritty, raw, and engrossing voice."e;-Publishers WeeklyA memoir unlike any other that explores addiction, crime, and redemption.The true story of one correctional …

Call me what you wantcorrections officer, C.O., guard, jailcop, turnkeyI helped keep people there against their will. For this, the jail rewarded me with food.When Ben Langston …

`The quite extraordinary phenomenon of mass imprisonment in the USA needs, above all, to be identified. David Garland and his excellent range of criminological contributors go …

The POW Camp at Fort McClellan, Alabama, was one of hundreds of American containment centers built to hold the hundreds of thousands of German prisoners captured during World …

The Multicultural Prison: Ethnicity, Masculinity, and Social Relations among Prisoners presents a unique sociological analysis of the daily negotiation of ethnic difference within …

Mankind likes to consider itself civilized. Sadly, this civilization is only skin-deep and man's inhumanity to man, both in war and peace, has always been a cause for shame. But …

This book tells the story of the star class, a segregated division for first offenders in English convict prisons; known informally as 'star men', convicts assigned to the division …