Penology & punishment books

On a Thursday morning in June 2010, Katharine Blake's sixteen-year-old cousin walked to a nearby bike path with...  Read More >>

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Provides the first in-depth examination of what Chinese netizens think about various death sentences and executions...  Read More >>

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Victims' Experiences of The Criminal Justice Response to Domestic Abuse: Beyond GlassWalls provides a unique perspective...  Read More >>

Putting the record straight about the last years of Rudolf Hess's life  Read More >>

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This book expands the field of prison research by drawing on six months of unique, ethnographic research in Santa...  Read More >>

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This book explores the history of Dartmoor War Prison (1805-16). This is not the well-known Victorian convict prison,...  Read More >>

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This book offers a unique look into prisons in Iran and the lives of the prisoners and their families. It provides...  Read More >>

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The profile of prisoners across many Western countries is strikingly similar – 95% male, predominantly undereducated...  Read More >>

""The Uninnocent is so elegantly crafted that the pleasure of reading it nearly overrides its devastating subject...  Read More >>

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

Klong Prem prison, Thailand. The “Bangkok Hilton”, where 600 foreigners among the 12,000 inmates of this walled...  Read More >>

For the first time, the author has explored the intertwinement of written law, Islamic law, and customary law in...  Read More >>

A vital community resource for those who dream of building a just, caring, prison-free society.  Read More >>

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