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Policing the Victorian Community
The year 1856 saw the first compulsory Police Act in England (and Wales). Over the next thirty years a class society came to be policed by a largely working-class police. This …
Escape to Prison
The resurrection of former prisons as museums has caught the attention of tourists along with scholars interested in studying what is known as dark tourism. Unsurprisingly, due to …
The Gulag after Stalin
In The Gulag after Stalin, Jeffrey S. Hardy reveals how the vast Soviet penal system was reimagined and reformed in the wake of Stalin's death. Hardy argues that penal reform in …
Uses and Consequences of a Criminal Conviction
This book examines the increasing retention and use of previous criminal record information, within and beyond the criminal justice system. There remains a misconception that once …
Anti-Racist Probation Practice
The probation service has committed itself to anti-racist initiatives and those promoting equal opportunities for some time. However, the experiences of black people, whether as …
Colours of the Cage
Arun Ferreira is from the East Indian community, the original Mumbaikars, whose villages became the localities of a sprawling metropolis. He graduated from the prestigious St. …
Unusually Cruel
The United States incarcerates far more people than any other country in the world, at rates nearly ten times higher than other liberal democracies. Indeed, while the U.S. is home …
Convicted and Condemned
Winner, W. E. B. DuBois Distinguished Book Award presented by the National Conference of Black Political Scientists Examines the lifelong consequences of a felony conviction …
Disrupting the Nexus of Neoliberalism and Carceral Reach
Neoliberalism fundamentally shapes how carceral systems and ideology emerge in our everyday lives. This volume illustrates not only the major frameworks at play, but the lived …
Beyond Bars
Can the common criminal get a fresh start?An essential resource for former convicts and their families post-incarceration. The United States has the largest criminal justice system …
Supermax Prison
The penetrating look at the violence that swept prisons in the 1980's and 1990's and the organizational structure mirroring the Mafia that erupted in them. The inmates had to make …