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Discusses some rituals of justice - such as public executions, and King Charles I's treason trial - in early modern England. Focusing on the ways in which genres shape these …

Faith in the power and righteousness of retribution has taken over the American criminal justice system. Approaching punishment and responsibility from a philosophical perspective, …

One out of every ten prisoners in the United States is serving a life sentence-roughly 130,000 people. While some have been sentenced to life in prison without parole, the majority …

Although prison can present a critical opportunity to engage with offenders through interventions and programming, reoffending rates among those released from prison remain …

The modern prison is commonly thought to be the fruit of an Enlightenment penology that stressed man's ability to reform his soul. The Medieval Prison challenges this view by …

Kakola-nimen tuntee jokainen suomalainen. Vaikka vankilan toiminta loppui jo vuonna 2007, keskellä Turkua oleva kielletty kaupunki kiehtoo ihmisiä edelleen. Tämä kirja kertoo …

An exploration of the 1932 prison riot in Dartmoor Convict Prison. One of the most notorious and destructive in English prison history, it received unprecedented public and media …

Jerry's Riot: The True Story of Montana's 1959 Prison Disturbance examines the explosion that resulted when the prison's new reform warden collided with career convict Jerry Myles, …

What is it really like in 'the hole'? On what basis do prison officials employ the most drastic of carceral punishments - solitary confinement - and to what effect? Michael …

Informative, entertaining, against the grain, Her Majesty's Philosophers highlights the artificiality of prison life. By a Guardian correspondent (and with extracts to be published …

In this work, Shipman examines the shifts in press coverage of women's executions over the past 150 years. Since the colonies' first execution of a woman in 1632, about 560 more …