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Prison and Social Death
The United States imprisons more of its citizens than any other nation in the world. To be sentenced to prison is to face systematic violence, humiliation, and, perhaps worst of …
The Modern English Prison
Originally published in 1934, The Modern English Prison was prepared in the belief that among the growing literature of crime and the treatment of crime, there should be some room …
Gangs and Spirituality
This book examines the role of religion and spirituality in desistance from crime and disengagement from gangs. Drawing upon in-depth interviews with male gang members and …
Orange-Collar Labor
A critical and cutting-edge examination of modern prison laborThe United States is home to the most expansive prison system on Earth. In addition to holding nearly a quarter of the …
Penal Populism, Sentencing Councils and Sentencing Policy
Public outcries and political platforms based on misinformation and misconceptions about the criminal justice system and current sentencing practice occur all too often in …
Detecting and Investigating Environmental Crime
It also examines the Vest Tank toxic waste dumping case and the resulting explosion where unusually both the chairperson and the chief executive were successfully sentenced to …
Phenomena of Power
In Phenomena of Power, one of the leading figures of postwar German sociology reflects on the nature, and many forms of, power. For Heinrich Popitz, power is rooted in the human …
Ancient Records of Egypt
Around the turn of the last century, James Henry Breasted took on the challenge of assembling all the available historical documents of ancient Egypt and translating them into …
Crimes of the Powerful and the Contemporary Condition
The ultimate expression of power is the ability to act beyond the confines of law, with contemporary society enabling elite groups to wield "e;panoramic power"e;. From the …
Hell Is A Very Small Place
The UN Special Report on Torture has denounced the use of solitary confinement beyond 15 days as a form of cruel and degrading treatment that often rises to the level of torture. …
Histories of Surveillance from Antiquity to the Digital Era
Deploying empirical studies spanning from early Imperial China to the present day, 17 scholars from across the globe explore the history of surveillance with special attention to …