Penology & punishment books

This book explores how police agencies in United Kingdom and the United States have adjusted to their changing environments,...  Read More >>

Palestinian Political Organizations in Israeli Prisons looks at Palestinian political activity within Israeli prisons....  Read More >>

Given the over-involvement of young men in crime and young men’s disproportionally high rates of reoffending, it...  Read More >>

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A groundbreaking history of philosophy and punishment, The Prison before the Panopticon traces the influence of...  Read More >>

The Tudors as a dynasty executed many people, both high and low. But the nobility were the ones consistently involved...  Read More >>

This book draws on a four-year ethnographic study conducted in the prisons and on the streets of Greater Manchester,...  Read More >>

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Exploring the expansion of the penal system in Spain during the first forty years of democracy, this book puts forward...  Read More >>

In The Incarceration Explosion, Michael Wing and Victoria Junkins expose the harsh realities of America's sprawling...  Read More >>

Originally published in 2001, this book sets out to enlarge understanding of the complexities of suicidal feelings...  Read More >>

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First published in 1969, African Penal Systems is the first book to explore the problems of African criminology....  Read More >>

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

This book provides a socio-legal examination of the media’s influence on the development and implementation of criminal...  Read More >>

This book tells the story of the star class, a segregated division for first offenders in English convict prisons;...  Read More >>

The ultimate expression of power is the ability to act beyond the confines of law. Illuminating the condition of...  Read More >>

The Routledge Handbook on Global Community Corrections assesses and analyses the status of community corrections...  Read More >>

The ultimate expression of power is the ability to act beyond the confines of law. Illuminating the condition of...  Read More >>

Bestselling phenomenon Simon McCleave is back with another Anglesey-set gripping, crime thriller full of twists...  Read More >>

This book explores how police agencies in United Kingdom and the United States have adjusted to their changing environments,...  Read More >>

Nearly a century has passed since Kropotkin wrote In Russian and French Prisons, yet his criticisms of the penal...  Read More >>

""An anthology of texts about mass incarceration that will give readers the tools to understand and help address...  Read More >>

A gripping and deeply-felt examination of incarcerated women's lives With unflinching clarity, Hidden Healers...  Read More >>

Gefangnis und Gesellschaft: Das ist eine komplexe, auf paradoxe Weise durch Nahe und Distanz gekennzeichnete Beziehung....  Read More >>