Penology and punishment

In a time of increasing mass incarceration, US prisons and jails are becoming a major source of literary production.

Working in any area of mental health nursing presents complex issues regarding the nurse-patient relationship.

`This is the latest in a series of accessible, evidence-based resources from Jessica Kingsley Publishers for those seeking to understand and promote young people's mental health.

This comprehensive guide provides an accessible introduction to the philosophy of restorative justice and its practical application in a wide range of settings, showing how it can help both victims and offenders when harm has been done.

And here I am.

In this landmark work, four of the world's leading scholar-activists issue an urgent call for a truly intersectional, internationalist, abolitionist feminism.

A powerful story about hope, humanity, and the possibility of changeIn 2011 Jacob Dunne threw a single punch that ended another man's life.

This book provides a fresh look at the way the United States is choosing to deal with some of the serious or persistent youth offenders: by transferring juvenile offenders to adult courts.

From the Sunday Times Bestselling author Dr Amanda BrownRevisit the wold of The Prison Doctor, as she describes stories of her time spent with foreign national prisoners.

During a career lasting nearly half a century, Meister Frantz Schmidt (1554-1634) personally put to death 392 individuals and tortured, flogged, or disfigured hundreds more.

A useful research resource and handy reference, this book discusses the many important ethical and legal issues that arise in the delivery of health care to prisoners at correctional facilities.

Punishing the Black Body examines the punitive and disciplinary technologies and ideologies embraced by ruling white elites in nineteenth-century Barbados and Jamaica.

The Punitive Turn explores the historical, political, economic, and sociocultural roots of mass incarceration, as well as its collateral costs and consequences.

Are you ready to rebuild your life and unlock your true potential?

When a CEO is shot on a Manhattan sidewalk and the accused becomes an internet folk hero, what does justice actually require?

This book analyses the experiences of mothers in the criminal justice system, arguing that a legal system oriented around the idea of isolating and punishing individuals - without considering the relational dynamics in which they are embedded - produces disproportionate punishment for mothers.

Prison building has moved from the margins to the mainstream of our penal politics.

Prison building has moved from the margins to the mainstream of our penal politics.

This book provides a timely and essential exploration of masculinity and boyhood in the contemporary online and offline world.

This book provides a timely and essential exploration of masculinity and boyhood in the contemporary online and offline world.

This book analyses the experiences of mothers in the criminal justice system, arguing that a legal system oriented around the idea of isolating and punishing individuals - without considering the relational dynamics in which they are embedded - produces disproportionate punishment for mothers.

Podemos definir el castigo como la imposicion de sufrimiento a una persona por haber cometido un delito, en funcion de lo que establezca la ley.

¿Por qué en sociedades como las nuestras las personas que han cometido un delito son castigadas de un modo más severo y tenemos muchísimos más presos que los que teníamos hace tres décadas?

Prison Health and Wellbeing blends theory with lived experience to explore the complex challenges and interventions that shape health and wellbeing for those living in, working in, and visiting prisons.

Based on decades of research, this book reveals how the rule of the few can redirect your focus to create effective crime control policies.

Prison Health and Wellbeing blends theory with lived experience to explore the complex challenges and interventions that shape health and wellbeing for those living in, working in, and visiting prisons.

Based on decades of research, this book reveals how the rule of the few can redirect your focus to create effective crime control policies.

The incredible memoir from Lamb of God frontman, Randy Blythe.

This book tells the story of Hang Time, a grassroots, community-based program to reduce violence and recidivism amongst returning citizens in Connecticut, and how its model can be used in restorative justice efforts across the country.

This book tells the story of Hang Time, a grassroots, community-based program to reduce violence and recidivism amongst returning citizens in Connecticut, and how its model can be used in restorative justice efforts across the country.

Juvenile Justice: An Introduction, Eleventh Edition, presents a comprehensive picture of juvenile offending, delinquency theories, and the ways juvenile justice actors and agencies react to delinquency.

Juvenile Justice: An Introduction, Eleventh Edition, presents a comprehensive picture of juvenile offending, delinquency theories, and the ways juvenile justice actors and agencies react to delinquency.

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A Brutally Honest, Darkly Humorous Look at Life Behind BarsFire Retardant Toilet Paper and Other Prison Stories is not a typical prison memoir.

Changemakers' Guide to Prison Arts Programming explores practical tips and stories from the field about developing arts programs for incarcerated individuals.

Changemakers' Guide to Prison Arts Programming explores practical tips and stories from the field about developing arts programs for incarcerated individuals.

In a concrete classroom, two hands meet in a welcome handshake.

This analysis of the Swedish criminal system makes sense of a markedly punitive turn in policy despite the country's relatively liberal approach.

In a concrete classroom, two hands meet in a welcome handshake.

This analysis of the Swedish criminal system makes sense of a markedly punitive turn in policy despite the country's relatively liberal approach.

Gender Equality Behind Bars represents the first analysis of prison and immigration detention policies, broadly identified as penality policies, within the context of gender policy studies.

Gender Equality Behind Bars represents the first analysis of prison and immigration detention policies, broadly identified as penality policies, within the context of gender policy studies.

Transportation, Post-Penal Identity and the Life Course explores the life-courses of convicts who, after being transported to Van Diemen's Land, now Tasmania, and released from servitude, died in pauper establishments.

Transportation, Post-Penal Identity and the Life Course explores the life-courses of convicts who, after being transported to Van Diemen's Land, now Tasmania, and released from servitude, died in pauper establishments.

Written by a leading scholar of juvenile justice, this book examines the social and legal changes that have transformed the juvenile court in the last three decades from a nominally rehabilitative welfare agency into a scaled-down criminal court for young offenders.

This edited collection advances a reconceptualisation of state power through emotions.

Should architecture be used for punishment?

European penology, the multidisciplinary scientific study of punishment carried out on the European continent, is booming.