Prisons books

First published in 1978, Crime and Penal Policy is primarily addressed to non-professional people interested in...  Read More >>

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

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

The brutally honest, no-holds-barred story of a young woman trying to keep control in a men's prison. Honest, heartfelt...  Read More >>

This book explores the unique reentry experiences of incarcerated men and women who are about to be released from...  Read More >>

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A shocking, but also wryly humorous and ultimately uplifting memoir of an ordinary man sentenced to lengthy and...  Read More >>

A shocking, but also wryly humorous and ultimately uplifting memoir of an ordinary man sentenced to lengthy and...  Read More >>

Hindpal Singh Bhui argues that we need to look at who is sent to prison and why to disentangle reality from ideology...  Read More >>

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The untold story of how Cambridge University locked up women in their own private prison - and how the town fought...  Read More >>

Researching Prisons provides an overview of the processes, practices and challenges involved in undertaking prison...  Read More >>

Researching Prisons provides an overview of the processes, practices and challenges involved in undertaking prison...  Read More >>

"Despite 15 years of reform efforts, the incarceration rate in the United States remains unprecedentedly high. This...  Read More >>

The soundscape of prison life is that of constant clangs, bangs and jangles. What is the significance of this cacophonous...  Read More >>

Offering an important addition to existing critiques of governance feminism and carceral expansion based mainly...  Read More >>

Falsely convicted of the murder of her lover, Linda would go on to become Britain's longest-serving female prisoner....  Read More >>

Falsely convicted of the murder of her lover, Linda would go on to become Britain's longest-serving female prisoner....  Read More >>

This book is a unique ethnographic study of a racially exclusive Malay Muslim gang, Omega, which has its roots in...  Read More >>

This book compiles the work of leading researchers to provide a broad overview of criminal justice issues that Indigenous...  Read More >>

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