Penology & punishment books

This book examines how the prison environment, architecture and culture can affect mental health as well as determine...  Read More >>

This book discusses the concept of 'agnosis' and its significance for criminology through a series of case studies,...  Read More >>

This book analyzes homicide prosecution in the 18th century. Using case studies, it explores the ways law intersected...  Read More >>

A hard-hitting exposé of G4S, the company running one of South Africa’s private prisons in Mangaung. Hopkins presents...  Read More >>

Explores the idea of imaginary penalties and intends to understand why the management of criminal justice and criminal...  Read More >>

This book explores the dramatic evolution of a feminist movement that mobilised to challenge a women’s prison system...  Read More >>

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Examines lynching, capital punishment, and torture to investigate how rhetoric and violence work together to sustain...  Read More >>

Comprehensive account of the brutal North Korean and Chinese mistreatment of British POWs during the Korean War....  Read More >>

Examines lynching, capital punishment, and torture to investigate how rhetoric and violence work together to sustain...  Read More >>

There are many varieties of procedures to assess criminal and sex offenders that have emerged throughout the 19th...  Read More >>

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Resonant, smart, and beautifully written, Half Broke tears at the heart of what it takes to find wholeness after...  Read More >>

Winner of a 2020 Border Regional Library Association Southwest Book Award “Truly transcendent.” —Jessica Lustig,...  Read More >>

Winner of a 2020 Border Regional Library Association Southwest Book Award “Truly transcendent.” —Jessica Lustig,...  Read More >>

Winner of a 2020 Border Regional Library Association Southwest Book Award “Truly transcendent.” —Jessica Lustig,...  Read More >>

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This fascinating book describes the torture and executions carried out at the Tower of London from the Middle Ages...  Read More >>

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Challenges the established corrections paradigm and argues for replacing mass incarceration with a viable and more...  Read More >>

Challenging incarceration and policing was central to the postwar Black Freedom Movement. In this bold new political...  Read More >>

Los Angeles incarcerates more people than any other city in the United States, which imprisons more people than...  Read More >>

Exploring the rise of prison populations in the US, Europe and Latin America, this study begins with an account...  Read More >>

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