Penology

The era of mass incarceration has been associated with the idea of “law and order,” referring to the carceral regime in which politicians exploited public anxieties over crime and funneled resources into policing and prisons. As important as this system...

Is it possible that a prison's gangs, racial tensions, and underground economy may actually serve to make it a less dangerous place? In this examination of violence behind bars, Rebecca Trammell illuminates the social code that prisoners enforce - in...

The increasing popularity of restorative justice has prompted new and varying applications of its core principles. The authors of The Promise of Restorative Justice highlight the ways that these new ideas now spark innovations both throughout the...

More than two million people are incarcerated in America's prisons - one in nine is serving a life sentence. Mass long-term imprisonment devours state budgets, adversely affects community well-being and skews our collective moral compass. This study...

In this book, the authors articulate an innovative approach to offender supervision that moves beyond previous debates which have focused on whether offenders under community supervision should receive rehabilitation or intensive control The growing...

More discussion of community corrections practices in other countries, more coverage applying theory, and more on the use of technology in community corrections sets this book apart from competitors. Additionally, the treatment orientation and the...

The overall purpose of this checklist is to assist Member States in conducting internal or administrative inspections to assess compliance of their national prison systems with the Nelson Mandela Rules, and thus to facilitate the practical application of...

Ronald Aday and Jennifer Krabill offer a complete picture of the experience of older women prisoners and the distinct challenges these women present for correctional institutions.Book InformationISBN 9781588267641Author Ronald H. AdayFormat HardbackPage...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781524978341Author Monica Solinas-SaundersFormat PaperbackPage Count 277Imprint Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S.Publisher Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S...

A case study and dramatic retelling of young girls on trial for arson at a reform school In 1931 sixteen poor, white girls-all teenaged inmates at Samarcand Manor, officially named the State Home and Industrial School for Girls, in Samarcand, North...

The Primeiro Comando do Capital (PCC) is a Sao Paulo prison gang thatsince the 1990s has expanded into the most powerful criminal network inBrazil. Karina Biondi's rich ethnography of the PCC is uniquely informedby her insider-outsider status. Prior to...

The Roadmap for the Development of Prison-based Rehabilitation Programs focuses on the three core areas of education, vocational training and work in prisonsBook InformationISBN 9789211303452Author United Nations: Office on Drugs and CrimeFormat...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781881798507Author John A. WinterdykFormat PaperbackPage Count 369Imprint Lynne Rienner Publishers IncPublisher Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc

Prisoners of Conscience continues the work begun by Gerard A. Hauser in Vernacular Voices: The Rhetoric of Publics and Public Spheres, winner of the National Communication Association's Hochmuth Nichols Award. In his new book, Hauser examines the...

Sex in prison remains a taboo topic, largely ignored by scientists and society alike. This comprehensive volume explores prison sex, presenting original research on consensual and nonconsensual intercourse, as well as the effects of conjugal visitation...

Traces the evolution of the death penalty in a single state from the colonial era to the presentBook InformationISBN 9781558498471Author Lawrence B. GoodheartFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint University of Massachusetts PressPublisher University of...

In a time of increasing mass incarceration, US prisons and jails are becoming a major source of literary production. Prisoners write for themselves, fellow prisoners, family members, and teachers. However, too few write for college credit. In the dearth...

Clear and comprehensive, ""Prisons"" examines the state of U.S. prisons and related issues. It focuses on the development of prisons in the United States and how the competing goals of punishment and rehabilitation have shaped the...

The Connecticut Prison Association and the Search for Reformatory Justice looks at the role the Connecticut Prison Association played in the formation of the state's criminal justice system. Now organized under the name Community Partners in Action...

Discusses the dilemmas of the relationship between the liberal state and capital punishmentBook InformationISBN 9780472112913Author Timothy V. Kaufman-OsbornFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint The University of Michigan PressPublisher The University of...

In a pathbreaking study of a major state prison, Michigan's Jackson State Penitentiary during the middle years of this century, Charles Bright addresses several aspects of the history and theory of punishment. The study is an institutional history of an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781564322906Author Sasha AbramskyFormat HardbackPage Count 215Imprint Human Rights WatchPublisher Human Rights Watch

The Punitive Turn explores the historical, political, economic, and sociocultural roots of mass incarceration, as well as its collateral costs and consequences. Giving significant attention to the exacting toll that incarceration takes on inmates, their...

The number of people incarcerated in federal prisons increased dramatically over the past three decades. While research indicates that the expanded use of incarceration during the 1980s and 1990s contributed to the declining crime rate, the effect was...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780929692715Author Nan AronFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Human Rights WatchPublisher Human Rights WatchWeight(grams) 159g

Every year between 1998 to 2020 except one, Louisiana had the highest per capita rate of incarceration in the nation and thus the world. This is the first detailed account of Louisiana's unprecedented turn to mass incarceration from 1970 to 2020. Through...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781564321015Author 1010 HrwFormat PaperbackPage Count 303Imprint Human Rights WatchPublisher Human Rights WatchWeight(grams) 454g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781874097716Author J.A.N. BamfieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 66Imprint The Social Market FoundationPublisher The Social Market Foundation

Six-five is a general warning to all inmates that an officer has just entered the area, so beware. Concealed behind tons of concrete, bricks and steel lies a truly bizarre world. A world neither known or understood by most people. This world is called...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781595584540Author Paul WrightFormat PaperbackPage Count 323Imprint The New PressPublisher The New PressWeight(grams) 411g

Between 1829 and 1831, Jared Curtis, the newly appointed prison chaplain at the Massachusetts State Prison in Charlestown, interviewed every one of the over 300 inmates at the prison and recorded their biographies in two leatherbound notebooks. Those...

Contributors address a range of themes including prisoner interactions, gender and patriarchal domination in women's prisons, as well as health care and mental health behind bars.Book InformationISBN 9780776624907Author Justin PicheFormat PaperbackPage...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999513972Author Barak LurieFormat PaperbackPage Count 354Imprint CT3Media, Inc.Publisher CT3Media, Inc.Weight(grams) 539gDimensions(mm) 228mm * 152mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998522470Author Ellis AmdurFormat HardbackPage Count 244Imprint EdgeworkPublisher EdgeworkWeight(grams) 853g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780874223392Author Christopher MurrayFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Washington State University PressPublisher Washington State University...

VOLUME 27, NUMBER 1 (2018) is a general issue featuring several articles examining aging, suffering and death behind the walls. This edition of the journal also features a section dedicated to "Continuing the Dialogue on Canada's Federal...

Volume 22, Number 2 of the Journal of Prisoners on Prisons is a general issue edited by Professor Susan Nagelsen (New England College) and Charles Huckelbury, who is an award winning author and former prisoner.Book InformationISBN 9780776609430Author...

Edited by Bell Gale Chevigny, this issue of the JPP features non-fiction pieces by winners of the annual PEN American Center's Prison Writing Contest that address issues of punishment and creative resistance. Many contributors describe punishment that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780595293124Author Lisa Nikol NealyFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint iUniversePublisher iUniverseWeight(grams) 177g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780595176540Author A CompanionFormat PaperbackPage Count 172Imprint Writers Club PressPublisher Writers Club PressWeight(grams) 408g