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Punishment in International Society
Punitive practices are highly revealing of a society's social fabric, its normative order, and power structure. Punishment in International Society examines the penal philosophies …
Critical Prison Theory and Literature
In a concrete classroom, two hands meet in a welcome handshake. One belongs to a professor who has never seen the inside of a cell and the other to a graffiti artist whose decade …
Critical Perspectives on Teaching in Prison
This volume makes a case for engaging critical approaches for teaching adults in prison higher education (or “college-in-prison”) programs. This book not only contextualizes …
Mental Health Treatment Program for Inmates in Restrictive Housing
This treatment program targets the criminal, behavioral, and mental health problems of inmates in segregated housing that prevents them from living prosocially and productively …
Siberia and the Exile System
The American journalist George Kennan (1854–1924) spent many years travelling in and writing about Russia. After the assassination of Tsar Alexander II in 1881, Kennan wanted to go …
Working with Offenders
Working with Offenders examines the current knowledge, skills and values which are needed by those working as probation officers and social workers for effective and competent …
Still Doing Life
Side-by-side, time-lapse photos and interviews, separated by twenty-five years, of people serving life sentences in prison, by the bestselling author of The Little Book of …
Crime and Penal Policy
First published in 1978, Crime and Penal Policy is primarily addressed to non-professional people interested in criminal law and the penal system, such as magistrates, prison …
Among the Lowest of the Dead
Thorough and unbiased, Among the Lowest of the Dead is a gripping narrative that provides an unprecedented journalistic look into the actual workings of the capital punishment …
Punishment
Punishment is the common response to crime and deviance in all societies. However, its particular form and purpose are also linked to specific features of the structure of these …
Prison Song
From Johnny Cash to Jay-Z, musicians have long used their voices to challenge the injustices of the prison system. Prison Song: Music and Incarceration in the United States reveals …
Current Issues in Corrections
Current Issues in Corrections explores a variety of the most timely and salient challenges facing the correctional system. The text is comprised of chapters written by experts in …