Prisons books

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This study explores the pre-history of Irish convict transportation to New South Wales which began with the Queen...  Read More >>

Explores the ways prisons mirror aspects of society-wide gender relations. This book focuses on the historical roots...  Read More >>

Explores the frightening ways our prisons mirror the worst aspects of society-wide gender relations and is a part...  Read More >>

This study explores the pre-history of Irish convict transportation to New South Wales which began with the Queen...  Read More >>

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Reprinted here are 8 classic texts illustrating a major British project of the enlightenment: the reform of prisons....  Read More >>

An A-Z of adult and young offender penal establishments in England and Wales, this guide contains information about...  Read More >>

Describes life in a maximum security prison, as experienced by first-time prisoners. This study is based on a collaboration...  Read More >>

Empowering any pastor, educator, or lay leader in doing effective prison ministry by providing a thorough inside-out...  Read More >>

Joseph Campbell (1879-1944) was a talented poet, reared in Catholic Belfast, who became a pioneer of Irish Studies...  Read More >>

A collection of writings about the transforming power of education in British prisons. Edited by two of the leading...  Read More >>

In their own words, a look inside the silent and hidden world of the men and women incarcerated in America's penitentiaries....  Read More >>

A collection of writings by prisoners and other people connected with prisons, from the United Kingdom and beyond....  Read More >>

This guide, incorporating case studies, provides information on drugs themselves as well as the methods prisons...  Read More >>

This guide, incorporating case studies, provides information on drugs themselves as well as the methods prisons...  Read More >>

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This honest, unbiased account of how one woman artist came to share purpose and inspiration with the prisoners at...  Read More >>

This text provides the findings of a two-year study into the effectiveness of the RAPt treatment programme which...  Read More >>

A highly illustrated factual history of practices, many of which were legal for 3,000 years, from ancient times...  Read More >>

Tannenbaum spent four years teaching poetry to maximum security prison inmates convicted of capital crimes. In this...  Read More >>

Exploring the effects of punishment and penality on women's lives, the impact of feminist reforms on the lives of...  Read More >>

This volume descibes the condition of juveniles between the age of five and 16 being held in US correctional facilities...  Read More >>

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This volume examines the first four decades in the history of the Andaman Islands penal colony. At the centre of...  Read More >>