Penology & punishment books

This book seeks to break new ground in the way in which adolescent-to-parent violence and abuse is understood.  Read More >>

Based on official data and in-depth interviews, this urgent and challenging book provides the first academic account...  Read More >>

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A fascinating record of how London and Londoners were shaped by nearly 700 years of public executions.  Read More >>

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The Handbook on Inequalities in Sentencing and Corrections among Marginalized Populations offers state-of-the-art...  Read More >>

This book explores the role that religion plays in the lives of imprisoned homicide offenders. It seeks to create...  Read More >>

This two-volume, edited collection lays the groundwork for an international exploration of incarceration and generation,...  Read More >>

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Across the United States, people are waking up to the injustices and failures of mass incarceration. Most recognize...  Read More >>

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In the 1890s, Amos Lunt served as the San Quentin hangman, tying the nooses that brought the most dangerous criminals...  Read More >>

This book presents both a survey of and commentary upon the penal process of England and Wales between 1945 and...  Read More >>

This book provides a focused and comprehensive overview of criminal psychology in different socio-economic and psycho-sociological...  Read More >>

This book is a biographical history of Rottnest Island, a small carceral island offshore from Western Australia....  Read More >>

This edited collection encourages philosophical exploration of the nature, aims, contradictions, promises and problems...  Read More >>

Author Una McIlvenna brings the execution ballad to life in Singing the News of Death, uncovering the relationship...  Read More >>

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Understanding the Educational Experiences of Imprisoned Men: (Re)education explores how adult male prisoners interpret...  Read More >>

This is a comprehensive, detailed and humane account of the thousands who came into custody during the years of...  Read More >>

This book is the first Australian study, based on extensive fieldwork, of the personal backgrounds and processes...  Read More >>

This book brings together internationally renowned academics and professionals from a variety of disciplines who,...  Read More >>

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