Kriminalvård & straff

The history of corporal punishment provides a fascinating window into societal attitudes towards law and order, gender relationships and generational discipline as well. Although a …

In many jurisdictions today, life imprisonment is the most severe penalty that can be imposed. Despite this, it is a relatively under-researched form of punishment and no …

Progressive Justice in an Age of Repression provides a much-needed engagement with questions of justice and reform within the current phase of global capitalism, one that is marked …

Prison is seen by most people as an inevitable part of the penal system, but there is a growing awareness that its effects on offenders are rarely beneficial and may be positively …

"e;Prison Writing"e; is published annually in book form to promote creative writing in the 1st and beyond. It covers a wide range of topics, prison-related and otherwise. …

Entertainment and profit constitute the driving force behind popular representations of women in correctional facilities. But the creative influence of film and television also …

A troubling account of the unexpected impacts of treatment-based alternatives to criminal punishment. Every year, courts send hundreds of thousands of people to treatment-based …

A comprehensive analysis of the role that prison policy can play in the reduction of terrorism, this book examines the experience of three western Europe jurisdictions: Northern …

This book explores the principles, practice and challenges in determining justice system responses to serious offending by children globally. Divided into four parts, the book …

In this groundbreaking volume, based on extensive research in Chinese archives and libraries, Jan Kiely explores the pre-Communist origins of the process of systematic thought …