Penology and punishment

Bringing together cutting edge and diverse research from international and interdisciplinary perspectives, this book initiates and shapes conversations about transgender people within the criminal justice system.

This edited collection articulates a future direction for research at the nexus of criminology and human rights by bringing together experts from different branches of criminology and criminal justice who, while they may be sceptical about certain aspects of human rights theory or practice, share an interest in realising many of the objectives set out in human rights instruments.

In an age of invasive technology and mass data collection, how can we understand the true impact of surveillance on our lives and communities?

Throughout the twentieth century, even the harshest prison systems in the United States were rather porous.

From the Salem witch trials to death row, this work is a gripping analysis of the evolution of punishment practices, policies, and problems in America.

How do identity and social circumstances affect experiences of the criminal legal system in the US?

This revised edition of a perennial bestseller, with more than 50 percent new material, is a much-needed overview of a hotly debated topic.

This edited collection brings together academics, lawyers, civil servants, and researchers working in the human rights NGO sector, to explore the work and role of prison officers around the world.

The death penalty remains one of the most controversial issues in the United States.

Iran's prison system is a foundational institution of Iranian political modernity.

How do identity and social circumstances affect experiences of the criminal legal system in the US?

A concise survey of the treatment of jailed women in America since the early 1800s, their unique problems, the effect on their families, and the state of prisons today.

This edited collection brings together academics, lawyers, civil servants, and researchers working in the human rights NGO sector, to explore the work and role of prison officers around the world.

Nearly every county and major city in the United States has a jail, the short-term detention center controlled by local sheriffs that funnels people into prisons and long-term incarceration.

Are advantaged offenders defenseless against the harshness of prison life?

Iran's prison system is a foundational institution of Iranian political modernity.

This book offers an incisive account of correctional officers' daily practices, their role and how they represent themselves in relation to the prison, and by extension, the state.

This book offers an incisive account of correctional officers' daily practices, their role and how they represent themselves in relation to the prison, and by extension, the state.

Unsettling Colonial Automobilities explores the vehicle's role in imposing colonialism on Indigenous people and proposes an Indigenous automobility that reclaims sovereignty over place and centricity.

Unsettling Colonial Automobilities explores the vehicle's role in imposing colonialism on Indigenous people and proposes an Indigenous automobility that reclaims sovereignty over place and centricity.

This book gives voice to justice-involved Canadian youth and young adults by sharing their views on their journey towards desistance from crime and social and community (re)integration.

This book gives voice to justice-involved Canadian youth and young adults by sharing their views on their journey towards desistance from crime and social and community (re)integration.

Introduction to Criminal Justice, Tenth Edition, offers a student-friendly description of the criminal justice process-outlining the decisions, practices, people, and issues involved.

Higher Education and the Carceral State: Transforming Together explores the diversity of ways in which university faculty and students are intervening in the system of mass incarceration through the development of transformative arts and educational programs for students in correctional institutions.

Hosoi, Tatsuno and Pratt examine the realities, problems and backgrounds of crimes committed by elderly people in both Japan and international perspectives.

The tragic and violent death of 17-month old Baby P at the hands of those who were supposed to love and care for him has sickened the nation.

This book examines the lived experienes of death penalty defense lawyers and how they created a legal culture of resistance to the death penalty.

The Lived Experiences of Claiming Wrongful Conviction in Prison focuses on the lived experience of maintaining innocence in the prison environment and highlights the struggles and pain that such a claim can cause.

De acuerdo a principios internacionales y nuestra propia Constitución Nacional las cárceles poseen como fin último la reinserción social de las personas que cumplen una pena privativa de la libertad, contrario a la noción de castigo que suele poseer la sociedad.

Incorporating the authentic voices and real-life experiences of women, this ground-breaking book focuses on pregnancy and new motherhood in UK prisons.

Incorporating the authentic voices and real-life experiences of women, this ground-breaking book focuses on pregnancy and new motherhood in UK prisons.

This book examines the female criminals and the prison conditions and issues they must endure through the lens of a case study in the Karachi women's prison in Pakistan.

This book examines the lived experienes of death penalty defense lawyers and how they created a legal culture of resistance to the death penalty.

This book provides a rare up-to-date examination of women both as offenders and employees in the criminal justice system.

This book offers a new perspective on the death penalty in the US, examining capital punishment as state crime or state-produced harm.

In many countries, community-based penalties such as probation, electronic monitoring and parole are the most common sanctions used in the punishment of criminalized individuals.

This book examines the female criminals and the prison conditions and issues they must endure through the lens of a case study in the Karachi women's prison in Pakistan.

Introduction to Criminal Justice, Tenth Edition, offers a student-friendly description of the criminal justice process-outlining the decisions, practices, people, and issues involved.

In many countries, community-based penalties such as probation, electronic monitoring and parole are the most common sanctions used in the punishment of criminalized individuals.

This book is an empirically grounded, critical engagement with the politics of immigration detention and deportation.

This book is an empirically grounded, critical engagement with the politics of immigration detention and deportation.

The field of prison studies has been dominated by an androcentric outlook, with little attention paid to women.

The field of prison studies has been dominated by an androcentric outlook, with little attention paid to women.

Nach der Haftentlassung stehen Menschen großen Herausforderungen gegenüber und es ist schwierig, in die Gesellschaft zurückzufinden.

What is the nature and impact of faith and religion in prison?

Die Globalisierung, die engen wirtschaftlichen Beziehungen und die unmittelbare Nachbarschaft zwischen Deutschland und Polen sind mit dem steigenden Bedarf an der Übersetzung von Wirtschafts- und Rechtstexten im Sprachenpaar Deutsch-Polnisch verbunden.

Hosoi, Tatsuno and Pratt examine the realities, problems and backgrounds of crimes committed by elderly people in both Japan and international perspectives.

This book offers a new perspective on the death penalty in the US, examining capital punishment as state crime or state-produced harm.

A key player in the worst prison riot in British history at Strangeways Prison in April 1990, Alan Lord was always in the wrong place at the wrong time.

This volume follows one man's revolutionary journey from deficient early education to his incarceration on North Carolina's death row, where he was given the opportunity to pursue higher education.