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Critical Perspectives on Teaching in Prison
This volume makes a case for engaging critical approaches for teaching adults in prison higher education (or "e;college-in-prison"e;) programs. This book not only …
The Decline of the Death Penalty and the Discovery of Innocence
Since 1996, death sentences in America have declined by more than 60 percent, reversing a generation-long trend toward greater acceptance of capital punishment. In theory, most …
Flogging Others
Corporal punishment is often seen as a litmus test for a society's degree of civilization. Its licit use purports to separate modernity from premodernity, enlightened from barbaric …
The Prison
Despite lethal explosions of violence from within and critical assaults from without, it seems certain that prisons will continue to exist for the foreseeable future. Gordon …
Prisoner Reentry and Social Capital
"e;If you do the crime you gotta do the time."e; This adage reflects the overall attitude most Americans have about crime and the criminal justice system. Implicit in this …
Gender Inclusive Policing
Gender Inclusive Policing: Challenges and Achievements is an edited collection focused on current challenges, innovations and positive achievements in gender integration in …
Restorative Prison
Drawing on work from inside some of America's largest and toughest prisons, this book documents an alternative model of "e;restorative corrections"e; utilizing the lived …
Costs of Crime and Justice
This book presents a comprehensive view of the financial and non-financial consequences of criminal behavior, crime prevention, and society's response to crime. Crime costs are …
Managing Prisons
This book will be of particular relevance to prison managers and policy makers, researchers interested in criminology, the sociology of prisons, and the sociology of work, as well …
International Handbook on Juvenile Justice
This first major reference comparing systems of juvenile justice in 19 nations around the world is representative of different principles and policies, customs, and governmental …
In Defense of Prisons
This comprehensive examination of the effectiveness of prisons is virtually alone in showing that prisons are moderately effective in achieving specific and general deterrence and …
Dangerous Politics
Dangerous Politics: Risk, Political Vulnerability, and Penal Policy brings together relevant literature in law, criminology, and politics to provide insights into the nature of …