Penology and punishment

This book is the first history of the Irish juvenile justice system.

Justice, Mercy, and Caprice is a work of criminal justice history that speaks to the gradual emergence of a more humane Irish state.

Revealing the cross utility potential of multiple disciplines to advance knowledge in crime studies, History & Crime showcases new research into crime from across the interdisciplinary perspectives of early modern and modern history, criminology, forensic psychology, and legal studies.

Why mass incarceration endures in the face of reforms, and how to truly change America's vast criminal justice systemCritics on both the left and the right increasingly use the term "e;mass incarceration"e; to call attention to the unprecedented scale and inequities of the U.

The growth of Islam in Europe is reflected in the increasing numbers of Muslims in British and French prisons, but authorities have responded differently to the challenges presented by Muslim prisoners in each country.

Youth Crime and Youth Culture in the Inner City offers an interpretive account of juvenile delinquency within the modern inner city, an environment which is characterized by a long history of social deprivation and high rates of crime.

Each entry in this essential collection of primary resources on capital punishment features an authoritative introduction and analysis that helps provide crucial context for understanding the evolution of law and public attitudes toward the death penalty in America, from colonial times to the present.

Imprisonment has become big business in the United States.

This innovative work tells the story of a unique partnership between a state prison administration and a team of incarcerated women, prison administrators, researchers, artists, and students known as The WoW Collective due to their joint efforts in developing a peer mentoring program called "e;Women's Words/Women's Worlds (WoW).

"e;A gritty, raw, and engrossing voice.

This book presents the formerly-unpublished manuscript by Wheeler and Cline detailing the landmark, comparative prisons study they conducted in the 1960s which examined fifteen Scandinavian prisons and nearly 2000 inmates across four Nordic countries.

This book explores the discourse and rhetoric that resists and opposes postsecondary prison education.

Sentenced to death in 1965 at age twenty for an unpremeditated murder during the bungled holdup of a convenience store, Billy Wayne spent his first seven prison years on death row.

This book engages with a controversial issue, namely the establishment of penal colonies and concentration camps in imperial spaces, which have informed ongoing debates on the repressive practices of colonial rule and popular resistance against it.

Drawing upon social history, political history, and critical prison studies, this book analyzes how prisons and other instruments of colonial punishment endured after independence and challenges their continued existence.

This book, the first of two volumes edited by McCartan and Kemshall, focusses on perceptions of sexual offenders, and how risk is used by policy makers, stakeholders, academics and practitioners to both construct and respond to unknown and known sex offenders within the contexts of criminal justice, health and social policy.

Criminal Justice Internships: Theory Into Practice, Tenth Edition, guides the student, instructor, and internship site supervisor through the entire internship process, offering advice and information for use at the internship site as well as pre-planning and assessment activities.

This book is the first to examine trauma-informed criminal justice responses to the commission of crime and its impact through empathy and humanity.

This book ties restorative justice into the exercise of patriarchal power.

This edited volume brings together a diverse group of contributors to create a review of research and an agenda for the future of dog care and training in correctional facilities.

The Handbook on Pretrial Justice covers the front end of the criminal legal system from pretrial diversion to pretrial detention or release.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of capital punishment in the Australian colonies for the very first time.

Death Penalty Cases presents significant verbatim excerpts of death-penalty decisions from the United States Supreme Court.

In this strikingly honest collection, developed from a pioneering new research project, autistic teachers and other autistic school professionals share their stories of the challenges and successes of their careers.

"e;The book provides insight into life inside a maximum-security prison while illuminating the benefits of the craft of writing.

This reader presents a comprehensive review of the research on mass incarceration as it relates to causes, impact, and solutions.

This collection presents a unique and diverse range of contributions on challenges faced by criminal justice in England and Wales in the wake of the Covid-19 global pandemic.

This book argues that late antiquity introduced a legal form of punitive imprisonment, complicating the concept of the ''birth of the prison''.

The recent Boumediene v.

Every day, about 1,600 people are released from prisons in the United States.

Getting Out offers the first systematic account of the evolution of early release as a public policy concern in England and Wales between 1960 and 1995.

Corruption is a problem in prisons about which we hear very little, except when there is an escape from custody or other scandal that makes the media.

This book explores the experience of immigration enforcement for women who have been detained in immigration detention in the UK.

Led by Professor David Ormerod and David Perry QC, our team of authors has been hand-picked to ensure that you can trust our unique combination of authority and practicality.

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.

Diese Studie begeht einen neuen Weg zur Erklärung von Devianz und Gewalt im Jugendalter, indem sie versucht, zwei soziologische Ansätze, die Theorie Sozialer Desintegration und die Control Balance Theory, miteinander zu verknüpfen.

Drawing on qualitative research conducted with young people in New York, this volume highlights the unique experiences of children of incarcerated parents (COIP) and counters deficit-based narratives to consider how young people's voices can inform and improve educational support services.

This volume brings together a collection of articles on penal reform in the United States, Europe, Japan, and other English-speaking countries.

Why does the United States continue to employ the death penalty when fifty other developed democracies have abolished it?

This book explores the dual nature of legitimacy in prison.

When an individual is accused of a crime he is provided, at least in theory, with numerous constitutional rights throughout the legal process.

This book offers a research and comparison-driven look at the school-to-prison pipeline, its racial dynamics, the connections to mass incarceration, and our flawed educational climate-and suggests practical remedies for change.

This book offers a scholarly introduction to comparative criminal justice.

Many children are labelled 'different' - by doctors, psychologists, educators, or even peers- and as parents, this label can limit our hopes and expectations for them.

This book explores how the themes and insights of official Catholic Social Teaching (CST) and broader Catholic social thought might illuminate, and be illuminated by, a deeper engagement with the context of prisons.

Expertly drawing on international examples and existing literature, Penal Populism closes a gap in the field of criminology.

This book explores and addresses body search practices in prison environments from different angles (criminology, sociology, human rights and law) and discusses such practices in different national contexts within Europe.

The specter of a prison punishment for even slight political offenses became an element of daily life in post-war Poland.

Drawing on original research on community-based alternatives to offender rehabilitation, this book provides an up-to-date depiction of the challenges faced by front-line workers at the interface between criminal justice and welfare systems striving to address needs and provide multifaceted solutions.

This book provides an introduction to research and some of the methods in the field of crime and justice and related areas, including police, prisons and criminal justice policy making.