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Contemporary Sex Offender Risk Management, Volume I
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 …
The Rise of the Penitentiary
Before the nineteenth century, American prisons were used to hold people for trial and not to incarcerate them for wrong-doing. Only after independence did American states begin to …
Parental Incarceration
Parental Incarceration makes available personal stories by adults who have had the childhood experience of parental incarceration. These stories help readers better understand the …
Civilizing Torture
Pulitzer Prize FinalistSilver Gavel Award Finalist“A sobering history of how American communities and institutions have relied on torture in various forms since before the United …
Death Penalty and U.S. Diplomacy
This unique book examines how U.S. domestic policy regarding the death penalty has been influenced by international pressures, in particular, by foreign nations and international …
Journal of Prisoners on Prisons V17 #1
Volume 17, Number 1 of the Journal of Prisoners on Prisons focuses on the theme of education inside American and Canadian prisons. Edited by Justin Piche, the articles focus on a …
Brazilians in Dialogue Between the University and the Prison
Are you interested in exploring a unique perspective on crime and punishment?Karina Biondi's groundbreaking book is the result of an extension project at the State University of …
Restorative Justice in Prisons
Leading edge information and ideas from two of the UK's most respected practitioners and authorities. A handbook for people who want to make a difference when working with …
Prisons in the United States
Offering perspectives from a range of experts, both academic and nonacademic, this reference book examines the development of prisons in the United States and addresses the …
Alcatraz Island: Memoirs of a Rock Doc
Milton Daniel Beacher, M.D. arrived on Alcatraz Island a na ve and compassionate young doctor. It was April 26, 1937. One year later, he left with a journal. It chronicled the …
Violence of Incarceration
Conceived in the immediate aftermath of the humiliations and killings of prisoners in Afghanistan and Iraq, of the suicides and hunger strikes at Guantanamo Bay and of the …
International Library of Essays on Capital Punishment, Volume 1
This volume provides up-to-date and nuanced analysis across a wide spectrum of capital punishment issues. The essays move beyond the conventional legal approach and propose fresh …