Kerry Tucker seemed to be a typical suburban mother of two, but she was harbouring a terrible secret: over the years she had stolen $2 million from her employers.
Across Europe, from the dawn of print until the early twentieth century, the news of crime and criminals' public executions was printed in song form on cheap broadsides and pamphlets to be sold in streets and marketplaces by ballad-singers.
Across Europe, from the dawn of print until the early twentieth century, the news of crime and criminals' public executions was printed in song form on cheap broadsides and pamphlets to be sold in streets and marketplaces by ballad-singers.
The first comprehensive examination of the US Constitution's Ex Post Facto Clause, surveying its history and the critical role it can and should play in combatting the punitive tendencies of American legislatures.
The first comprehensive examination of the US Constitution's Ex Post Facto Clause, surveying its history and the critical role it can and should play in combatting the punitive tendencies of American legislatures.
This volume offers a collection of chapters exploring a range of research collaborations within the field of sentencing and corrections, focusing on both process and results.
This volume offers a collection of chapters exploring a range of research collaborations within the field of sentencing and corrections, focusing on both process and results.
Focusing on the intersection of Christianity and politics in the American penitentiary system, Jennifer Graber explores evangelical Protestants' efforts to make religion central to emerging practices and philosophies of prison discipline from the 1790s through the 1850s.
Focusing on the intersection of Christianity and politics in the American penitentiary system, Jennifer Graber explores evangelical Protestants' efforts to make religion central to emerging practices and philosophies of prison discipline from the 1790s through the 1850s.
Detailing the development of the prison and its outlying stations, including its dreaded coal mines and providing an account of the changing views to convict rehabilitation, Convict-era Port Arthur focuses in on a number of individuals, telling the story through their eyes.
Pollock's introductory text presents corrections in a new way for instructors who desire to prepare students in a problem-based, data-driven, media-savvy approach to achieve competency as correctional professionals or knowledgeable consumers of corrections' news.
In 1891, thousands of Tennessee miners rose up against the use of convict labor by the states coal companies, eventually engulfing five mountain communities in a rebellion against government authority.
In 1891, thousands of Tennessee miners rose up against the use of convict labor by the states coal companies, eventually engulfing five mountain communities in a rebellion against government authority.
"La sanción restaurativa en contextos transicionales" de la Cátedra UNESCO Derechos Humanos y Violencia: Gobierno y Gobernanza, que este año celebra sus veinte años, recoge las investigaciones realizadas en el ámbito transicional colombiano.
The public health expert and prison reform activist offers "e;meticulous analysis"e; on our criminal justice system and the plague of American incarceration (The Washington Post).
The public health expert and prison reform activist offers "e;meticulous analysis"e; on our criminal justice system and the plague of American incarceration (The Washington Post).
The overall rate of incarceration in the United States has been on the rise since 1970s, skyrocketing during Ronald Reagans presidency, and recently reaching unprecedented highs.
The overall rate of incarceration in the United States has been on the rise since 1970s, skyrocketing during Ronald Reagans presidency, and recently reaching unprecedented highs.
In Curious Punishments of Bygone Days, the punishment did not always fit the crime, as this fine old illustrated history of wrath and righteousness shows.
In Curious Punishments of Bygone Days, the punishment did not always fit the crime, as this fine old illustrated history of wrath and righteousness shows.
With a foreword by Bruce WesternNamed one of the Best Books of the Year by NPRShortlisted, 2024 Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social JusticeThe most comprehensive critique of probation and parole and a provocative and compelling argument for abolishing both from the former Probation Commissioner of New York CityImagine if probation didn't exist.
From battlefields, boxcars, and forgotten warehouses to notorious prison camps like Andersonville and Elmira, prisoners seemed to be everywhere during the American Civil War.
Hank Lacayo Best Labor Themed Book, International Latino Book AwardsBest Book Award, Division of Critical Criminology and Social Justice, American Society of CriminologyIn the early twentieth century, the brutality of southern prisons became a national scandal.
From battlefields, boxcars, and forgotten warehouses to notorious prison camps like Andersonville and Elmira, prisoners seemed to be everywhere during the American Civil War.
Hank Lacayo Best Labor Themed Book, International Latino Book AwardsBest Book Award, Division of Critical Criminology and Social Justice, American Society of CriminologyIn the early twentieth century, the brutality of southern prisons became a national scandal.
With a foreword by Bruce WesternNamed one of the Best Books of the Year by NPRShortlisted, 2024 Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social JusticeThe most comprehensive critique of probation and parole and a provocative and compelling argument for abolishing both from the former Probation Commissioner of New York CityImagine if probation didn't exist.
Americans often assume that slave societies had little use for prisons and police because slaveholders only ever inflicted violence directly or through overseers.
