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Big House on the Prairie: Rise of the Rural Ghetto and Prison Proliferation by John M. Eason 9780226410340
RRP: $60.45$58.87For the past fifty years, America has been extraordinarily busy building prisons. Since 1970 we have tripled the total number of facilities, adding more than 1,200 new prisons to the landscape. This building boom has taken place across the country but is... -
Correctional Counseling and Treatment by Peter C. Kratcoski 9783319543482
RRP: $175.48$156.84This book provides a comprehensive overview of the methods used in the Criminal Justice system in the United States to counsel and treat offenders. It is aimed at advanced undergraduate and early graduate-level students for courses in Correctional... -
The Scandinavian Prison Study by Stanton Wheeler 9783030264611
RRP: $194.98$175.25This book presents the formerly-unpublished manuscript by Wheeler and Cline detailing the landmark, comparative prisons study they conducted in the 1960s which examined fifteen Scandinavian prisons and nearly 2000 inmates across four Nordic countries. At... -
The Maze Prison: A Hidden Story of Chaos, Anarchy and Politics by Tom Murtagh 9781909976559
RRP: $126.75$112.26The Maze Prison shows how an establishment built to hold those involved in terrorism, atrocities, murder and allied crimes became a pawn in the partisan conflict that was Northern Ireland. There followed a breakdown of norms, values and control as the... -
Angels With Dirty Faces: Three Stories of Crime, Prison, and Redemption by Walidah Imarisha 9781849351744
RRP: $26.33$17.51Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781849351744Author Walidah ImarishaFormat PaperbackPage Count 246Imprint AK PressPublisher AK PressWeight(grams) 318g -
Engendering Resistance: Agency and Power in Women's Prisons by Dr Mary Bosworth 9781840147391
RRP: $263.25$228.70This book explores how power is negotiated in women's prisons. Drawing on fieldwork conducted in three penal establishments in England, it analyses how women manage the restrictions of imprisonment and the manner in which they attempt to resist... -
Boy With A Knife: A Story of Murder, Remorse, and a Prisoner's Fight for Justice by Jean Trounstine 9781632460240
RRP: $33.13$22.66Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632460240Author Jean TrounstineFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Ig PublishingPublisher Ig Publishing -
The Struggle Within: Prisons, Political Prisoners, and Mass Movements in the United States by Dan Berger 9781604869552
RRP: $25.33$16.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781604869552Author Dan BergerFormat PaperbackPage Count 116Imprint PM PressPublisher PM PressWeight(grams) 133g -
Lucasville (second Edition): The Untold Rising of a Prison Uprising by Staughton Lynd 9781604862249
RRP: $35.08$23.85Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781604862249Author Staughton LyndFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint PM PressPublisher PM PressWeight(grams) 310g -
Prison Round Trip by Klaus Viehmann 9781604860825
RRP: $9.73$7.47Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781604860825Author Klaus ViehmannFormat PaperbackPage Count 28Imprint PM PressPublisher PM PressWeight(grams) 50g -
The Real Cost Of Prisons Comix by Lois Ahrens 9781604860344
RRP: $31.18$21.31Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781604860344Author Lois AhrensFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint PM PressPublisher PM PressWeight(grams) 230g -
Prison Worlds: An Ethnography of the Carceral Condition by Didier Fassin 9781509507542
RRP: $117.00$102.08The prison is a recent invention, hardly more than two centuries old, yet it has become the universal system of punishment. How can we understand the place that the correctional system occupies in contemporary societies? What are the experiences of those... -
Prison Rape: An American Institution? by Michael Singer 9781440802713
$90.69Rape is a fact of life for the incarcerated. Can American society maintain the commitment expressed in recent federal legislation to eliminate the rampant and costly sexual abuse that has been institutionalized into its system of incarceration? Each... -
Crime and Disorder in Community Context by Rebecca Wickes 9781032054698
RRP: $77.98$68.37Drawing on unique longitudinal community-level data in Brisbane, this book entwines current ecological theories of crime with key debates on the relevance of ‘community’ in contemporary urban life to examine the spatial and temporal relationships between... -
Women, Reentry and Employment: Criminalized and Employable? by Anita Grace 9780367770396
RRP: $77.98$68.37Women, Reentry and Employment: Criminalized and Employable? explores the conflicting discourses about employment for women who are exiting prison. It empirically outlines the landscape of employability supports available to reentering women, the ‘steps... -
Renascent Pragmatism: Studies in Law and Social Science by Alfonso Morales 9781138271043
RRP: $85.78$74.96Pragmatism is experiencing a resurgence in law, philosophy and social science, with pragmatists seeking a consistent, comprehensive and productive understanding of social life. In its four sections Renascent Pragmatism aids the reinvigoration of... -
Education in Prison: Studying Through Distance Learning by Emma Hughes 9781138246966
RRP: $97.48$84.83The role of education in prisons, prisoners' decisions regarding education, the impact of prison culture on either encouraging or discouraging such activities, and the potential consequences of education for prisoners' reentry into society all have... -
Probation Practice and the New Penology: Practitioner Reflections by John Deering 9781138268128
RRP: $95.53$83.19The criminal justice system has been in a state of flux in recent decades, accompanied by growing levels of insecurity and intolerance of crime and offenders among the general population. Along with government policy and practice, these developments are... -
Imprisoned Religion: Transformations of Religion during and after Imprisonment in Eastern Germany by Irene Becci 9781138108196
RRP: $85.78$74.96This book explores the profound transformations that prisons and offender rehabilitation programmes in Eastern Germany have undergone with respect to religion. Drawing on participant observation and interviews of inmates, ex-prisoners, chaplains and... -
Restorative Justice Dialogue: An Essential Guide for Research and Practice by Mark Umbreit 9780826122582
RRP: $101.38$82.47Although Restorative Justice Dialogue is not a long text, it is an impressive achievement. Each chapter is rich in content, as Umbreit and Armour blend theory, practice, empirical research, and case studies to discuss a range of topics from specific... -
Punishment, Prisons, and Patriarchy: Liberty and Power in the Early Republic by Mark E. Kann 9780814747834
RRP: $156.00$134.10Punishment, Prisons, and Patriarchy tells the story of how first-generation Americans coupled their legacy of liberty with a penal philosophy that promoted patriarchy, especially for marginal Americans. American patriots fought a revolution in the name... -
Olde Nottinghamshire Punishments by Ian Morgan 9780752455310
RRP: $25.33$18.27Generation after generation has come up with new forms of punishment to inflict on those guilty (and sometimes innocent) of crimes against property and person. From the stocks and pillory, to flogging, ducking and transportation to foreign lands, this... -
Last Moments: Sentenced to Death in Canada by Dale Brawn 9781926695150
RRP: $33.13$21.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781926695150Author Dale BrawnFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Quagmire Press LtdPublisher Quagmire Press LtdWeight(grams) 366g -
Beyond Prison: The Fight to Reform Prison Systems around the World by Ahmed Othmani 9781845454548
RRP: $193.05$155.67This is an exceptional personal testimony and story of achievement - Ahmet Othmani tells of his own appalling treatment when in detention and how it informed and inspired a lifetime vocation to struggle for the rights of all prisoners everywhere. As the... -
Enduring Uncertainty: Deportation, Punishment and Everyday Life by Ines Hasselberg 9781785330223
RRP: $193.05$155.67Focusing on the lived experience of immigration policy and processes, this volume provides fascinating insights into the deportation process as it is felt and understood by those subjected to it. The author presents a rich and innovative ethnography of... -
Incarceration and Regime Change: European Prisons during and after the Second World War by Christian G. De Vito 9781785332654
RRP: $193.05$155.67Political instability is nearly always accompanied by fuller prisons, and this was particularly true during the "long" Second World War, when military mobilization, social disorder, wrenching political changes, and shifting national boundaries... -
Six by Ten: Stories from Solitary by Taylor Pendergrass 9781608465316
RRP: $81.90$55.03This compelling collection of stories told directly by people personally impacted by solitary confinement is the first book in a new Voice of Witness series with Haymarket Books. An estimated 80,000 Americans are held in solitary confinement in prisons... -
The Long Term by Beth Ritchie 9781608468997
RRP: $33.13$22.76Long Term Offenders, or LTOs, is the state's term for those it condemns to effective death by imprisonment. Often serving sentences of sixty to eighty years, LTOs bear the brunt of the bipartisan embrace of mass incarceration heralded by the 'tough on... -
Papua New Guinea's Last Place: Experiences of Constraint in a Postcolonial Prison by Adam Reed 9781571816948
RRP: $54.50$44.03" ...a great strength of this book is its description of ideas that resonate all over the country ...Reed's writing is always lucid and often bold." * Contemporary Pacific "The book corresponds well with recent studies that attempt to... -
Papua New Guinea's Last Place: Experiences of Constraint in a Postcolonial Prison by Adam Reed 9781571815811
RRP: $193.05$155.67Prison studies, a growing field of interest for social scientists, mostly focuses on western societies and Japan. This is the first study of a prison in the Asia Pacific area and contributes to a better understanding of life in post-colonial penal... -
Offender Rehabilitation Issues: Critical Lessons for Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Public Policy by Charles B.A. Ubah 9781666922790
RRP: $142.35$128.93Most of the studies that discuss offender rehabilitation focus on the debate over whether prison-based education programs work, ignoring the important issues that these programs undertake. Using a critical approach, Offender Rehabilitation Issues:... -
Radical Acts of Justice: Shifting Power in the Criminal Justice System by Jocelyn Simonson 9781620977446
RRP: $38.98$26.44An original argument that the answer to mass incarceration lies not with experts and pundits, but with ordinary people taking extraordinary actions together-written by a leading authority on bail reform and social movementsFrom reading books on mass... -
The Impact of Covid-19 on Prison Conditions and Penal Policy by Frieder Dünkel 9780367769734
RRP: $77.98$68.37Revealing many notable and interesting changes in prison life and in release programmes, this book is essential reading for students and scholars of Penology, Criminology, Law, Sociology and Public Health. It will also appeal to Criminal Justice... -
Born Innocent: Protecting the Dependents of Accused Caregivers by Michael J. Sullivan 9780197671238
RRP: $105.30$95.22Over seven percent of all children in the United States—more than 5 million children—have experienced a parental incarceration, and an estimated 2.7 million children currently have a parent who is incarcerated. An additional 5 million children under age... -
Mass Supervision: Probation, Parole, and the Illusion of Safety and Freedom by Vincent Schiraldi 9781620978177
RRP: $42.88$28.92With a foreword by Bruce WesternNamed one of the Best Books of the Year by NPRThe most comprehensive critique of probation and parole-and a provocative and compelling argument for abolishing both-from the former Probation Commissioner of New York... -
The Social Exclusion of Incarcerated Women with Cognitive Disabilities: Shut Out, Shut In by Julie-Anne Toohey 9781032125763
RRP: $77.98$68.37The Social Exclusion of Incarcerated Women with Cognitive Disabilities explores the lived experience of cognitively disabled women incarcerated in Australia. It draws upon in-depth interviews with Indigenous and non-Indigenous women, as well as... -
Prisons & Punishment by Mechthild Nagel 9781592214815
RRP: $58.40$38.06Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781592214815Author Mechthild NagelFormat PaperbackPage Count 238Imprint Africa Research & PublicationsPublisher Africa World PressWeight(grams) 402g -
Monitoring Penal Policy in Europe by Gaëtan Cliquennois 9780367228101
RRP: $77.98$68.37The process of judicial control over institutions is often described as growing socio-legal trend which impacts the development of modern societies. This is particularly the case for prisons and other penal institutions, as international bodies and the... -
British Pakistanis and Desistance: Poverty, Prison and Identity by Mohammed Qasim 9780367677664
RRP: $263.25$228.70Focusing on the lives of first- and second-generation British Pakistani young adult men and those approaching middle age who offend or have offended and the experiences of their fathers bringing them up in a de-industrialised city, this book examines the... -
Offender Rehabilitation Programmes: The Role of the Prison Officer by Laura M. Small 9781032229423
RRP: $243.75$210.33This book shows how prison officers may be able to significantly influence extra-programmatic conditions, to enhance rehabilitation outcomes and contribute to reducing reoffending. It does so through a detailed review of the literature relating to...