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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. …
Handbook of Mental Health Assessment and Treatment in Jails
Jails are the largest service providers of mental health in the United States. Unlike prisons, where all incarcerated individuals have been convicted of a crime and are serving …
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 …
Penal Policy and Political Culture in England and Wales
Offers a critical perspective on criminal justice and concludes that the penal populism generated may make the liberal elite feel uncomfortable, but it will not go away. It says …
Future of Imprisonment
The imprisonment rate in America has grown by a factor of five since 1972. In that time, punishment policies have toughened, compassion for prisoners has diminished, and prisons …
The Insidious Momentum of American Mass Incarceration
The phenomenal growth of penal confinement in the United States in the last quarter of the twentieth century is still a public policy mystery. While there is unanimous condemnation …
End of Its Rope
It isn't enough to celebrate the death penalty's demise. We must learn from it.When Henry McCollum was condemned to death in 1984 in rural North Carolina, death sentences were …
Living Under Sex Offender Laws
Individuals convicted of crimes often face barriers upon returning to society, such as full participation in the economy, the polity, the housing market, and other citizenship …
Renascent Pragmatism
Pragmatism is experiencing a resurgence in law, philosophy and social science, with pragmatists seeking a consistent, comprehensive and productive understanding of social life. In …
Penal Populism
Expertly drawing on international examples and existing literature, Penal Populism closes a gap in the field of criminology. In this fascinating expose of current crime policy John …