Penology

2013 Choice Outstanding Academic Title "Supermax" prisons, conceived by the United States in the early 1980s, are typically reserved for convicted political criminals such as terrorists and spies and for other inmates who are considered to pose a serious...

"Supermax" prisons, conceived by the United States in the early 1980s, are typically reserved for convicted political criminals such as terrorists and spies and for other inmates who are considered to pose a serious ongoing threat to the wider...

To date, knowledge of the everyday world of the juvenile correction institution has been extremely sparse. Compassionate Confinement brings to light the challenges and complexities inherent in the U.S. system of juvenile corrections. Building on over a...

Received an Honorable Mention for the 2015 Society for Social Work and Research Outstanding Social Work Book Award To date, knowledge of the everyday world of the juvenile correction institution has been extremely sparse. Compassionate Confinement...

The disproportionate representation of black Americans in the U.S. criminal justice system is well documented. Far less well-documented are the entrenched systems and beliefs that shape punishment and other official forms of social control today. In this...

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This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the application of the new theory of contestable markets to the problem of the transition to deregulation in regulated industries. It offers an extensive review of both the theory and practice of contestable...

The fundamental contrast between the ideas that punishment is morally justified because people have behaved wrongly (retributivist) and that punishment is morally justified only when it has good consequences (consequentialist/utilitarian) has long...

In 2003, well over half a million jailed Americans will leave prison and return to society. Largely uneducated, unskilled, often without family support, and with the stigma of a prison record hanging over them, many if not most will experience serious...

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 have gotten worse-a stark contrast to the origins of the prison 200 years...

This book addresses one of the most controversial issues in the criminal justice system today--the death penalty. Paternoster et al. present a balanced perspective that focuses on both the arguments for and against capital punishment. Coverage draws on...

While most western democracies have renounced the death penalty, capital punishment enjoys vast and growing support in the United States. A significant and vocal minority, however, continues to oppose it. Against Capital Punishment is the first full...

This volume brings together a topical collection of articles on penal reform in the United States, Europe, Japan, and other English-speaking countries. Unique and wide-ranging, the volume offers some of the broadest efforts to characterise recent penal...

The book uses eight diverse case studies of prison riots to explore how the outcomes were affected by policies, procedures, management, communications, and strategy immediately before, during, and after the riot. Exploring the results achieved by...

This book is the first full account of anti-death penalty activism in America during the years since the ten-year moratorium on executions ended in 1976. It traces the successful assault on capital punishment during the 1960s and the struggle of...

Smart Decarceration is a forward-thinking, practical volume that provides innovative concepts and concrete strategies for ushering in an era of decarceration -- a proactive and effective undoing of the era of mass incarceration. The text grapples with...

It is no secret that America's sentencing and corrections systems are in crisis, and neither system can be understood or repaired fully without careful consideration of the other. This handbook examines the intertwined and multi-layered fields of...

What is the nature and impact of faith and religion in prison? This book summarizes contemporary and cutting-edge research on religion in correctional contexts, enabling a scientific understanding of how prisoners use faith in their everyday lives. ...

This special issue of the Journal of Prisoners on Prisons, titled "Dialogue on Canada's Federal Penitentiary System and the Need for Change", features dozens of contributions written by criminalized men and women currently incarcerated in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632930897Author Clifford R CaldwellFormat HardbackImprint Sunstone PressPublisher Sunstone PressWeight(grams) 1365g

Rethinking Community Sanctions: Social Justice and Penal Control redresses the invisibility of community sanctions in a popular imaginary dominated by the prison, resulting in their being seen as 'not prison', 'not punishment', a 'let off', or expression...

Gaes and his distinguished coauthors offer a comprehensive analysis of public versus private management of prisons, a competition that originated in the 1980s with the introduction of private facilities into the criminal justice system. The authors argue...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781871177855Author Alison LieblingFormat HardbackPage Count 248Imprint Whiting & Birch LtdPublisher Whiting & Birch LtdWeight(grams) 464g

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780393334739Author John C TuckerFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint W. W. Norton & CompanyPublisher W. W. Norton & CompanyWeight(grams) 540g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798887440422Author James KilgoreFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint PM PressPublisher PM Press

A comprehensive and authoritative overview of issues relating to the evaluation of criminal justice/corrections 'interventions', this unique reference draws on a variety of theoretical, cultural and epistemological perspectives with authors from a range...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781630513580Author Daniel Joseph PolikoffFormat PaperbackPage Count 290Imprint Chiron PublicationsPublisher Chiron PublicationsWeight(grams)...

Revolution in Penology is a thoroughly original and thought-provoking critique of penal harm, the recursive pains of imprisonment cycle, and the normalization of violence. Relying on selected insights derived from continental philosophy, cultural...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781933909837Author Larry L. FranklinFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint History Publishing Company llcPublisher History Publishing Company llc

This general issue of the Journal of Prisoners on Prisons edited by Justin Piché and Kevin Walby features articles by current and former prisoners documenting the latest trends in penal policy and practice in the United States. The issue also features an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781612292168Author Ken Walibora WaliaulaFormat PaperbackPage Count 150Imprint Common Ground PublishingPublisher Common Ground PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781591137184Author Kevin, S. GilesFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Booklocker Inc.,USPublisher Booklocker Inc.,USWeight(grams) 586gDimensions(mm) 216mm...

This complete, chronological registry documents the crimes, trials and deaths of the 524 people who have been legally executed in Tennessee through the end of 2009. Slaves and nine women are among those put to death for such crimes as horse theft,...

This chronological discussion of the death penalty in Missouri covers those executed from 1803 through 2005. Sources include newspapers, county histories, prison records, Union Army records, pardon papers and appellate court cases. Chapters discuss...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781597525978Author Lloyd H SteffenFormat PaperbackPage Count 194Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher Wipf & Stock PublishersWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632930880Author Clifford R CaldwellFormat PaperbackPage Count 668Imprint Sunstone PressPublisher Sunstone PressWeight(grams) 1139gDimensions(mm) 254mm *...

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Since statehood was achieved in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah, 322 men and 2 women have been executed. The first of these post-statehood executions took place in Nevada on October 30, 1868, and the last took place in Arizona on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781603063456Author Jerry ArmorFormat PaperbackPage Count 202Imprint NewSouth BooksPublisher NewSouth BooksWeight(grams) 277g