Penology & punishment books

In Criminals, Nazis, and Islamists, Vera Mironova examines conflicts and cooperation between inmates in male prisons...  Read More >>

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The Routledge International Handbook on Decolonizing Justice focuses on the growing worldwide movement aimed at...  Read More >>

The WWII German army used the Colditz Castle, one of history's most notorious prisons, to hold defiant Allied captives....  Read More >>

Over seven percent of all children in the United States--more than 5 million children--have experienced a parental...  Read More >>

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Penal Abolitionism and Transformative Justice in Brazil discusses how penal abolitionism provides fundamental theoretical...  Read More >>

Police & Society, Ninth Edition, offers an in-depth and analytical look at policing, from police behavior and organization...  Read More >>

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This ground-breaking book explores the practical applications of queer theory for criminal justice practitioners....  Read More >>

The emphasis on Belgian prisons and the discussions on prison foodways situated on a micro and macro level add a...  Read More >>

""A groundbreaking collective work of history by a group of incarcerated scholars that resurrects the lost truth...  Read More >>

""Step into a world where human connections defy the boundaries of steel bars and concrete walls.""--Publisher annotation....  Read More >>

"""Each primary source in this essential collection on capital punishment features an authoritative introduction...  Read More >>

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Drawing on original research, this book provides an up-to-date depiction of the challenges faced by front-line workers...  Read More >>

Policing Suspicion is an innovative examination of policing practices and the impact of these on patterns of arrest...  Read More >>

Prison Writing and the Literary World offers scholarly essays exploring international prison writings in relation...  Read More >>

This book explores how Circles of Support and Accountability can reduce sexual reoffending.  Read More >>

This is an origin story for the policing of child sexual abuse in Queensland, Australia, the first book to focus...  Read More >>

This innovative volume exposes dementia as a condition that the aging prison population is increasingly facing....  Read More >>

Gender, Surveillance, and Literature in the Romantic Period examines how familiar and neglected texts internalise...  Read More >>

The Incarceration of Native American Women offers academics, social workers, counselors, and those in the criminal...  Read More >>