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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 …

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 …

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. …

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 …

"e;I can think of no authors more qualified to research the complex impact of life sentences than Marc Mauer and Ashley Nellis. They have the expertise to track down the …

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 …

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 …

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 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 …

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 …

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 …