Prisons books

1469 books were found.

The Use of Punishment

The Use of Punishment

Author: Sean McConville (Queen Mary, University of London)
ISBN: 9781843920342
Format: Hardback
$221.00

In recent decades there has been a vast increase in the use of imprisonment and penal supervision, and to many this...  Read More >>

Papua New Guinea's Last Place: Experiences of Constraint in a Postcolonial Prison

Papua New Guinea's Last Place: Experiences of Constraint...

Author: Adam Reed
ISBN: 9781571815811
Format: Hardback
$269.10

Studies the specific circumstances of a prison in the Asia Pacific area.  Read More >>

About Prison

About Prison

Author: Michael Santos (Fort Dix Correctional Facility, New Jersey)
ISBN: 9780534623555
Format: Paperback
$205.79

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IRCD-Intro Corrections 2e

IRCD-Intro Corrections 2e

Author: ROBERSON ,  BIRZER
ISBN: 9780534272937
Format: CD-ROM
$65.18

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At Work in the Iron Cage: The Prison as Gendered Organization

At Work in the Iron Cage: The Prison as Gendered Organization...

Author: Dana M. Britton
ISBN: 9780814798836
Format: Hardback
$184.00

In this first comparative analysis of men's and women's prisons, Dana Britton identifies the factors that influence...  Read More >>

Profiles from Prison: Adjusting to Life Behind Bars

Profiles from Prison: Adjusting to Life Behind Bars...

Author: Michael G. Santos
ISBN: 9780275978891
Format: Hardback
$110.00

Written by an inmate serving 45 years for a drug conviction when he was 23, this is an in-depth view living behind...  Read More >>

Forget You Had a Daughter: Doing Time in the Bangkok Hilton - Sandra Gregory's Story

Forget You Had a Daughter: Doing Time in the Bangkok...

Author: Sandra Gregory ,  Michael Tierney
ISBN: 9781904132271
Format: Paperback
$26.27

Sandra Gregory desperate to get home, agreed to smuggle an addict's personal supply of heroin. This memoir tells...  Read More >>

Capitalist Punishment: Prison Privatization and Human Rights

Capitalist Punishment: Prison Privatization and Human...

Author: Rodney Neufeld ,  Andrew Coyle
ISBN: 9781842772911
Format: Paperback
$53.00

A study of a key issue confronting prison reform.  Read More >>

Aging Prisoners: Crisis in American Corrections

Aging Prisoners: Crisis in American Corrections

Author: Ronald H. Aday
ISBN: 9780275971236
Format: Paperback
$89.63

An analysis of the ageing offender and prisoner in the US criminal justice system. Focusing on the health needs...  Read More >>

The Self in the Cell: Narrating the Victorian Prisoner

The Self in the Cell: Narrating the Victorian Prisoner...

Author: Sean C. Grass
ISBN: 9780415943550
Format: Hardback
$336.00

This work examines the emergence of the separate confinement penitentiary in England, the demand for autobiography...  Read More >>

Aging Prisoners: Crisis in American Corrections

Aging Prisoners: Crisis in American Corrections

Author: Ronald H. Aday
ISBN: 9780275971229
Format: Hardback
$211.07

An analysis of the ageing offender and prisoner in the US criminal justice system. Focusing on the health needs...  Read More >>

Women in Prison: A Reference Handbook

Women in Prison: A Reference Handbook

Author: Cyndi Banks
ISBN: 9781576079294
Format: Hardback
$90.00

A concise survey of the treatment of jailed women in America since the early 1800s, their unique problems, the effect...  Read More >>

Alcatraz Island: Memoirs of a Rock Doc

Alcatraz Island: Memoirs of a Rock Doc

Author: Milton Daniel Beacher ,  Diane Beacher Perfit
ISBN: 9781903506080
Format: Paperback
$18.09

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Behind Prison Walls: The Real World of Working in Today's Prisons

Behind Prison Walls: The Real World of Working in Today's...

Author: Tom Martin
ISBN: 9781581603910
Format: Paperback
$37.95

A veteran corrections officer offers an insider perspective on the harsh realities of prison life for staff and...  Read More >>

Taking Liberties: Prisons, Policing and Surveillance in an Age of Crisis

Taking Liberties: Prisons, Policing and Surveillance...

Author: Christian Parenti
ISBN: 9781902593630
Format: Audio
$39.55

A contemporary history of state repression.  Read More >>

Legal Aspects of Corrections Management

Legal Aspects of Corrections Management

Author: Clair A. Cripe
ISBN: 9780763725075
Format: Paperback
$216.35

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Prison Nation: The Warehousing of America's Poor

Prison Nation: The Warehousing of America's Poor

Author: Paul Wright ,  Tara Herivel
ISBN: 9780415935371
Format: Hardback
$399.00

""Prison Nation"" is a distant dispatch from a foreign and forbidden place - the world of America's prisons. Written...  Read More >>

Prison Nation: The Warehousing of America's Poor

Prison Nation: The Warehousing of America's Poor

Author: Paul Wright ,  Tara Herivel
ISBN: 9780415935388
Format: Paperback
$101.00

""Prison Nation"" is a distant dispatch from a foreign and forbidden place - the world of America's prisons. Written...  Read More >>

Behind the Walls: A Guide for Families and Friends of Texas Prison Inmates

Behind the Walls: A Guide for Families and Friends of...

Author: Jorge Antonio Renaud
ISBN: 9781574411539
Format: Paperback
$48.99

Written to inform about the processes, services, activities, issues and problems of being incarcerated, this is...  Read More >>

Behind the Walls: A Guide for Families and Friends of Texas Prison Inmates

Behind the Walls: A Guide for Families and Friends of...

Author: Jorge Antonio Renaud
ISBN: 9781574411522
Format: Hardback
$76.99

Written to inform about the processes, services, activities, issues and problems of being incarcerated, this is...  Read More >>

The Discovery of the Asylum: Social Order and Disorder in the New Republic

The Discovery of the Asylum: Social Order and Disorder...

Author: David J. Rothman ,  Thomas G. Blomberg
ISBN: 9780202307152
Format: Paperback
$96.99

This is a masterful effort to recognize and place the prison and asylums in their social contexts  Read More >>

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