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The Spinning House
‘Biggs deftly blends historical research with creative retelling, bringing prison records to full and chilling life.’ - The New StatesmanCambridge University is renowned worldwide …
On the Penitentiary System in the United States and its Application to France
This book provides the first complete, literal English translation of Alexis de Tocqueville's and Gustave de Beaumont's first edition of On the Penitentiary System in the United …
Murderers and Life Imprisonment
Provides an examination of 'Who Are the Lifers?' (including a 1st/USA comparison). This book covers topics such as: 'The Structure of a Life Sentence', 'The Psychology of the …
Going Up the River
The American prison system has grown tenfold in thirty years, while crime rates have been relatively flat: 2 million people are behind bars on any given day, more prisoners than in …
No Friend but the Mountains
The Award-winning International Bestselling Story of One Man's Six Year Detention in Australia 'A powerfully vivid account of the experiences of a refugee: desperation, brutality, …
Playing Fair
While much has been written on both political obligation and the justification of punishment, there has been little sustained effort to link the two. In Playing Fair, Richard …
Sexual Crime and Community Reintegration
This book captures the experience of transitioning from prison to the community, the tensions between risk management, public protection and enabling flourishing in those that have …
Crime and Forgiveness
A provocative analysis of how Christianity helped legitimize the death penalty in early modern Europe, then throughout the Christian world, by turning execution into a great …
Fragile Moralities and Dangerous Sexualities
In this book Alana Barton explores the social control and disciplining of unruly and 'deviant' women from the early nineteenth century to the present day. Her particular focus is …
Death & Justice
Controversy rages about capital punishment as innocent men and women are being released from death rows all over the country. Are innocent people being executed? Is capital …
Resiliency and the Justice Professional
This essential text introduces criminal justice students to the topics of stress and wellness in personal and professional pursuits and provides them with the tools they will need …