Penology & punishment books

Kerwin Kaye offers an ethnographic account of drug courts and mandatory treatment centers as a system of coercion,...  Read More >>

Presenting transcribed interviews of corrections leaders, this book offers a comprehensive survey of correctional...  Read More >>

Kerwin Kaye offers an ethnographic account of drug courts and mandatory treatment centers as a system of coercion,...  Read More >>

This book is a resource to ensure that the children of incarcerated parents, their caregivers, and their mothers...  Read More >>

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The first authoritative volume to look back on the last 50 years of The Open University providing higher education...  Read More >>

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE, STARRING MICHAEL B. JORDAN, JAMIE FOXX, AND BRIE LARSON. A NEW YORK TIMES, WASHINGTON...  Read More >>

Drawn from the 2005 proceedings, this volume contains contributions from the renowned criminal justice and law enforcement...  Read More >>

This work considers the international and European obligations of the UK in challenging the far-right and assesses...  Read More >>

Identifies and discusses breakdowns in the criminal justice system that can have profoundly negative effects on...  Read More >>

This book offers a philosophical examination of incarceration as a form of punishment. A diverse group of contributors...  Read More >>

The first authoritative volume to look back on the last 50 years of The Open University providing higher education...  Read More >>

This volume explores crucial issues surrounding the impact of loss, death and dying for criminal offenders, for...  Read More >>

This book examines these processes and outlines how the figure of the ""crimmigrant other"" has emerged not only...  Read More >>

This book charts the historical development of 'forensic objectivity' through an analysis of the ways in which objective...  Read More >>

Understanding and Reducing Prison Violence considers both the individual and prison characteristics associated with...  Read More >>

This book contributes to current debates on evidence-based policing; it provides a critical examination of the recent...  Read More >>

Why, asks Pem Davidson Buck, is punishment so central to the functioning of the United States, a country proclaiming...  Read More >>

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This book offers a systematic, sociological and penological exploration of the most up-to-date uses of electronic...  Read More >>

This open access book provides a comparative perspective on capital punishment in Japan and the United States.  Read More >>

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This book offers an overview of what happens as a first responder in the immediate aftermath of suicide. It explains...  Read More >>

This groundbreaking edited volume evaluates prisoner reentry using a critical approach to demonstrate how the many...  Read More >>