Penology and punishment

Community penalties are punishments that, in the courts' sentencing tariff, come between imprisonment and fines.

Community penalties are punishments that, in the courts' sentencing tariff, come between imprisonment and fines.

Throughout the western world public opinion has played an important role in shaping criminal justice policy.

Throughout the western world public opinion has played an important role in shaping criminal justice policy.

This book is concerned with the media's role in everyday life, power relations and the construction of masculine identities in the context of prisons.

This book is concerned with the media's role in everyday life, power relations and the construction of masculine identities in the context of prisons.

In both the UK and the rest of the world there have been rapid increases in the numbers of women in prison, which has led to an acceleration of interest in women's crimes and the social control of women, and women's experience of both prison and the criminal justice system is very different to men's.

In both the UK and the rest of the world there have been rapid increases in the numbers of women in prison, which has led to an acceleration of interest in women's crimes and the social control of women, and women's experience of both prison and the criminal justice system is very different to men's.

The issue of resettling ex-prisoners and ex-offenders into the community has become an increasingly important one on both sides of the Atlantic.

The issue of resettling ex-prisoners and ex-offenders into the community has become an increasingly important one on both sides of the Atlantic.

Crime control has risen rapidly up the social and political agendas to become a central feature of western societies.

Crime control has risen rapidly up the social and political agendas to become a central feature of western societies.

John Irwin writes about prisons from an unusual academic perspective.

John Irwin writes about prisons from an unusual academic perspective.

In this timely book, renowned criminologist and activist Renny Golden sheds light on the women behind bars and the 350,000 children they leave behind.

In this timely book, renowned criminologist and activist Renny Golden sheds light on the women behind bars and the 350,000 children they leave behind.

The Howard League for Penal Reform is committed to developing an effective penal system which ensures there are fewer victims of crime, has a diminished role for prison and creates a safer community for all.

The Howard League for Penal Reform is committed to developing an effective penal system which ensures there are fewer victims of crime, has a diminished role for prison and creates a safer community for all.

In this highly original study, Judith Rumgay evaluates the development of a residential programme for female offenders run by the Griffins Society.

In this highly original study, Judith Rumgay evaluates the development of a residential programme for female offenders run by the Griffins Society.

Conceived in the immediate aftermath of the humiliations and killings of prisoners in Afghanistan and Iraq, of the suicides and hunger strikes at Guantanamo Bay and of the disappearances of detainees through extraordinary rendition, this book explores the connections between these shameful events and the inhumanity and degradation of domestic prisons within the 'allied' states, including the USA, Canada, Australia, the UK and Ireland.

Conceived in the immediate aftermath of the humiliations and killings of prisoners in Afghanistan and Iraq, of the suicides and hunger strikes at Guantanamo Bay and of the disappearances of detainees through extraordinary rendition, this book explores the connections between these shameful events and the inhumanity and degradation of domestic prisons within the 'allied' states, including the USA, Canada, Australia, the UK and Ireland.

In the struggle for pride and political agency, the imperative to 'be a man' has been central to the lives of black males.

In the struggle for pride and political agency, the imperative to 'be a man' has been central to the lives of black males.

The punitive prison currently dominates the practice of Anglo-American criminal justice, stigmatising its victims as perpetual 'offenders' and failing to change a majority of them for the better.

The punitive prison currently dominates the practice of Anglo-American criminal justice, stigmatising its victims as perpetual 'offenders' and failing to change a majority of them for the better.

This report synthesizes two approaches to a topical problem: the concern with social deviancy and crime which focuses on failure; and research on educational development which focuses on success.

This report synthesizes two approaches to a topical problem: the concern with social deviancy and crime which focuses on failure; and research on educational development which focuses on success.

Why have so many radical thinkers advocated for the abolition of prisons and punishment?

This book was first published in 1978.

This book was first published in 1978.

This book explores the historical origins and institutional shape of special education across the American states.

This book explores the historical origins and institutional shape of special education across the American states.

Prisons remain a controversial topic for debate in our society.

Prisons remain a controversial topic for debate in our society.

Michel Foucault's writing about the Panopticon in Discipline and Punish has dominated discussions of the prison and the novel, and recent literary criticism draws heavily from Foucauldian ideas about surveillance to analyze metaphorical forms of confinement: policing, detection, and public scrutiny and censure.

Michel Foucault's writing about the Panopticon in Discipline and Punish has dominated discussions of the prison and the novel, and recent literary criticism draws heavily from Foucauldian ideas about surveillance to analyze metaphorical forms of confinement: policing, detection, and public scrutiny and censure.

Designed to complement "e;Crime and Punishment: An Introductory History"e; UCL Press, 1996, this sourcebook contains documents specifically selected to illuminate major issues raised in the textbook.

Designed to complement "e;Crime and Punishment: An Introductory History"e; UCL Press, 1996, this sourcebook contains documents specifically selected to illuminate major issues raised in the textbook.

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

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

Thurgood Marshall said that the more people learned about the death penalty, the more they'd be against it.

Thurgood Marshall said that the more people learned about the death penalty, the more they'd be against it.

How does the fact that we live in information societies reflect on the nature of penal discourse and practice?

How does the fact that we live in information societies reflect on the nature of penal discourse and practice?

The focus of this book is on the government of prisoners with mental health problems in England and Wales over the last twenty-five years.

The focus of this book is on the government of prisoners with mental health problems in England and Wales over the last twenty-five years.

Child Sexual Abuse critically evaluates the development of policy and legislative measures to control sex offenders.

Child Sexual Abuse critically evaluates the development of policy and legislative measures to control sex offenders.

Expanding the influence of auto/biography studies into cultural criminology, Radicalization: The Life Writings of Political Prisoners addresses the origins, processes and cultures of terrorist criminality and political resistance in a globalized world.