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Innovations in Policing
Modern police forces are large and complex organisations, expected to perform a diversity of tasks and are under pressure to account for their activities in ways which satisfy a …
Releasing Prisoners, Redeeming Communities
In the middle of the first decade of the twenty-first century,African Americans made up approximately twelve percent ofthe United States population but close to forty percent of …
Prisons, Punishment and the Pursuit of Security
Drawing on research in men's long-term, maximum-security prisons, this book examines three interconnected problems: the tendency of the prison to obscure other social problems and …
Beyond Punishment: Achieving International Criminal Justice
International criminal justice is challenged to better reflect legitimate victim interest. This book provides a framework for achieving synthesis between restorative and …
Crossing the Yard
Ever since he was asked to critique the poetry of a convicted murderer, he has lived in two worlds. Richard Shelton was a young English professor in 1970 when a convict named …
Home for Wayward Boys, A
As Elizabeth Johnston walked among the convicts in an Alabama prison mining camp, she was stunned to see teenage boys working alongside hardened criminals. As a result of that …
History of Newgate Prison
A history of the iconic London prison, featuring insights on daily life, the evolution of prison systems, and famous inmates. As the place where prisoners, male and female, …
My pen said it
To be a poet is to create and march to one's own beat. To be a poet against the malignant rhythm of this godforsaken prison, is a revolutionary act governed by a love greater than …
Cries For Help
Opens a window on the closed world of Holloway, other women's prisons and the lives of those held there in the 1970s, including Myra Hindley.
Black Children of Incarcerated Parents Speak Truth to Power
This book centers directly impacted Black children who have lived through parental incarceration. Their stories are told from holistic perspectives incorporating the full range of …
Volunteers in Prison After-Care
Originally published in 1971, volunteers in the social services were being asked to undertake increasingly demanding and responsible work, particularly in the field of prison …
Can Prisons Work?
Can individuals be reformed or rehabilitated in the prison? A persistent body of work indicates that rehabilitation and/or reformation through incarceration is illusory. …