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Women's Transitions from Prison
Women continue to be one of the fastest growing groups of offenders with an increasing group of women involved in the criminal justice system around the world. Whilst …
Prison Violence
Prisons are dangerous places, and assaults, threats, theft and verbal abuse are pervasive - attributable both to the characteristics of the captive population and to an …
Philosophical Perspectives on Punishment
Historical and contemporary philosophical writings on punishment.Bringing together classic and contemporary texts, this collection considers general philosophical concepts about …
After Crime and Punishment
The issue of resettling ex-prisoners and ex-offenders into the community has become an increasingly important one on both sides of the Atlantic. In the USA the former Attorney …
Executing Justice
This compelling book incisively analyzes every philosophical and humanitarian argument about the death penalty. It is a searching study of the ultimate invalidity of all the …
Progressive Justice in an Age of Repression
Progressive Justice in an Age of Repression provides a much-needed engagement with questions of justice and reform within the current phase of global capitalism, one that is marked …
Children in Custody
Despite their very different histories, societies, political and legal systems, Russia and the UK stand out as favouring a punitive approach to young law breakers, imprisoning many …
My Life in Prison (Heathen Edition)
Charles Donald Lowrie (1875-1925) left his Massachusetts home as a young man and hopscotched westward working as a stenographer, construction camp timekeeper, bookkeeper, railroad …
Psychiatric Disorders in the Prison Population in the United States
This book discusses why different mental disorders arise in United States prison populations, explores potential solutions, and examines prevention. The US has one of the highest …
Prisons Exposed
An insight of what it's like to be in prison on a day-to-day basis and how the prison system actually works. Michael O'Brien has first-hand experience of life inside Cardiff …
Offender Reentry
An Innovative New Text That Addresses a Critical IssueNearly 2, people are released from prison every day in the United States, many of whom face significant barriers to re-entry …
Between Prison and Probation
In this work two leading American criminologists argue that fundamental sentencing reforms are needed before the US corrections system can contend with an escalating crime rate. …