Kriminalvård & straff

Life in the Balance is a critical examination of our system of capital punishment. Individual essays carefully scrutinize legal rules that are of particular significance when a …

I hole up in my own cozy cubicle and write, considering ways to make the approaching Thanksgiving holiday not just another day in this place. In prison, hope faces east; time is …

This compelling book, first published in 1995, changed historians' understanding of the history of public penance, a topic crucial to debates about the complex evolution of …

This book, the first of two volumes edited by McCartan and Kemshall, focusses on perceptions of sexual offenders, and how risk is used by policy makers, stakeholders, academics and …

Stories, poems and articles of hope by people in custody and on probation, edited by the Arkbound Foundation. Prison. It is a word that conjures up loss, bleakness and despair. A …

An exploration of the 1932 prison riot in Dartmoor Convict Prison. One of the most notorious and destructive in English prison history, it received unprecedented public and media …

Ted Honderich's Punishment is the best-known book on the justifications put forward for state punishment. This enlarged and developed edition brings his writing to a new …

Newgate in Revolution provides a useful and thought-provoking anthology of radical literature - satirical, philosophical and political writings - issued by the radicals and …

Capital punishment is one of the more controversial subjects in the social sciences, especially in criminal justice and criminology. Over the last decade or so, the United States …

Twenty-four hours is a lot of time in prison, and here is a moment to moment guide of how each one goes by.A Day in Prison shows what life is like for prisoners from morning roll …