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Decades Behind Bars: A 20-Year Conversation with Men in America's Prisons by Gaye Holman 9781476669236
RRP: $37.72$30.82More 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... -
Environmental Corrections: A New Paradigm for Supervising Offenders in the Community by Lacey Schaefer 9781506323282
RRP: $130.36$122.52In 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... -
Community Corrections by Robert D. Hanser 9781452256634
RRP: $207.55$195.97More 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... -
Assessing compliance with the Nelson Mandela Rules: a checklist for internal inspection mechanisms by United Nations: Office on Drugs and Labor 9789211303421
RRP: $42.80$34.75The 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... -
Women Aging in Prison: A Neglected Population in the Correctional System by Ronald H. Aday 9781588267641
RRP: $44.51$36.09Ronald 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... -
Notes on the Institution of Punishment and Corrections by Monica Solinas-Saunders 9781524978341
RRP: $164.67$133.91Apologies 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... -
Smoke Signals from Samarcand: The 1931 Reform School Fire and Its Aftermath by Barbara Bennett 9781611178609
RRP: $39.37$32.11A 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... -
Sharing This Walk: An Ethnography of Prison Life and the PCC in Brazil by Karina Biondi 9781469623405
RRP: $51.37$41.39The 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... -
Roadmap for the development of prison-based rehabilitation programmes by United Nations: Office on Drugs and Crime 9789211303452
RRP: $34.22$28.13The 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... -
Adult Corrections: International Systems and Perspectives by John A. Winterdyk 9781881798507
RRP: $54.80$45.28Apologies 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: Moral Vernaculars of Political Agency by Gerard A. Hauser 9781611174380
RRP: $54.80$45.28Prisoners 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... -
Prison Sex: Practice and Policy by Christopher Hensley 9781588260871
RRP: $37.65$30.77Sex 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... -
The Solemn Sentence of Death: Capital Punishment in Connecticut by Lawrence B. Goodheart 9781558498471
RRP: $46.23$37.41Traces 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... -
Prison Pedagogies: Learning and Teaching with Imprisoned Writers by Joe Lockard 9780815635635
RRP: $96.06$77.99In 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... -
Prisons by Jeffrey Ferro 9780816060351
RRP: $77.10$62.97Clear 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 by Gordon S. Bates 9780819576767
RRP: $47.94$39.42The 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... -
From Noose to Needle: Capital Punishment and the Late Liberal State by Timothy V. Kaufman-Osborn 9780472112913
RRP: $125.22$101.12Discusses 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... -
The Powers That Punish: Prison and Politics in the Era of the Big House, 1920-1955 by Charles Bright 9780472107322
RRP: $125.22$101.80In 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... -
Ill-equipped: U.S. Prisons and Offenders with Mental Illness by Sasha Abramsky 9781564322906
RRP: $25.64$21.05Apologies 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: New Approaches to Race and Incarceration by Deborah E. McDowell 9780813951478
RRP: $51.37$36.84The 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... -
Bureau of Prisons: Risk and Needs Assessment to Reduce Recidivism by Rachel Rowe 9781536151282
RRP: $145.78$116.18The 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... -
Prison Conditions in Mexico by Nan Aron 9780929692715
$8.53Apologies 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 -
Prison Capital: Mass Incarceration and Struggles for Abolition Democracy in Louisiana by Lydia Pelot-Hobbs 9781469675114
RRP: $51.37$41.39Every 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... -
The Human Rights Watch Global Report on Prisons by 1010 Hrw 9781564321015
RRP: $25.64$21.05Apologies 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 -
Making Shoplifters Pay by J.A.N. Bamfield 9781874097716
RRP: $20.58$16.33Apologies 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 -
Correctional Officer Inside Prisons by Steven Herberts 9781560725862
RRP: $120.05$94.86Six-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... -
Prison Profiteers: Who Makes Money from Mass Incarceration by Paul Wright 9781595584540
RRP: $27.43$18.94Apologies 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 -
Buried from the World: Inside the Massachusetts State Prison, 1829-1831 by Jared Curtis 9780934909792
RRP: $44.51$36.09Between 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... -
Journal of Prisoners on Prisons, V25 # 1 by Justin Piche 9780776624907
$20.57Contributors 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... -
Athiesm Destroys: How Godlessness Destroys the Pillars of Civilization-and How to Fight Back by Barak Lurie 9780999513972
RRP: $30.86$22.68Apologies 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 *... -
Shapeshifting for Correctional Facility CNT/HNT: Effective Scenario Training for Crisis/Hostage Negotiation Teams by Ellis Amdur 9780998522470
RRP: $82.25$54.32Apologies 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 -
Unusual Punishment: Inside the Walla Walla Prison, 1970-1985 by Christopher Murray 9780874223392
RRP: $34.22$27.55Apologies 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... -
Journal of Prisoners on Prisons, V27 #1: General Issue: 2018 by Justin Piche 9780776627601
RRP: $25.64$21.10VOLUME 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... -
Journal of Prisoners on Prisons V22 #2 by Susan Nagelsen 9780776609430
$21.10Volume 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... -
Journal of Prisoners on Prisons V19 #1 by Bell Gale Chevigny 9780776609362
$21.20Edited 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... -
Prisoners' Deaths in Local Jails: Factors Influencing Inmate Suicide by Lisa Nikol Nealy 9780595293124
RRP: $18.85$14.68Apologies 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 -
Peace and Justice Shall Embrace: Toward Restorative Justice...a Prisoner's Perspective by A Companion 9780595176540
RRP: $29.14$23.83Apologies 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 -
Committing Journalism: The Prison Writings of Red Hog by Dannie M. Martin 9780393313222
RRP: $36.02$31.77Committing Journalism collects more than fifty essays by famed convict-writer Dannie Martin, a.k.a. "Red Hog" -hard-hitting, eloquent reports on the racism, brutality, inadequate health care, harassment, and other conditions of life behind the... -
Journal of Prisoners on Prisons, V27 #2: Special Issue: 20 Years of Convict Criminology - Developing Insider Perspectives in Research Activism: 2018 by Justin Piche 9780776627625
RRP: $25.64$20.88VOLUME 27, NUMBER 2 (2018) is a special issue of the Journal of Prisoners on Prisons marking the 20th anniversary of Convict Criminology (CC) edited by Andreas Aresti and Sacha Darke. Drawing on auto-ethnographic, action research and other approaches to... -
Journal of Prisoners on Prisons V20 #2 by Mike Larsen 9780776609393
$21.56Volume 20, Number 2 is dedicated to the life and contributions of Liz Elliott, who was an active member of the JPP Editorial Board in the formative years of the Journal, and a passionate advocate for prisoners' rights, restorative and social justice. The...