Penology and punishment Books
Stanford University Press The Cultural Lives of Capital Punishment
Book SynopsisHow does the way we think and feel about the world around us affect the existence and administration of the death penalty? What role does capital punishment play in defining our political and cultural identity?After centuries during which capital punishment was a normal and self-evident part of criminal punishment, it has now taken on a life of its own in various arenas far beyond the limits of the penal sphere. In this volume, the authors argue that in order to understand the death penalty, we need to know more about the cultural livespast and presentof the state's ultimate sanction. They undertake this cultural voyage comparativelyexamining the dynamics of the death penalty in Mexico, the United States, Poland, Kyrgyzstan, India, Israel, Palestine, Japan, China, Singapore, and South Koreaarguing that we need to look beyond the United States to see how capital punishment lives or dies in the rest of the world, how images of state killing are produced and consumed elseTrade Review"In fifteen chapters, they [Sarat and Boulanger] take the reader on a capital punishment odyssey through not only the US, but also central and south Asia, the Middle East, Kyrgyzstan, India, Israel, Palestine, Japan, Singapore, and South Korea. In a nutshell, this is a book well worth reading for those interested in exploring cross-cultural treatments of the death penalty."—CHOICETable of ContentsContents Contributors 000 1. Putting Culture into the Picture: Toward a Comparative Analysis of State Killing 000 Christian Boulanger and Austin Sarat Part I: Civilization and Punishment: Self and Other in Europe and the Americas 2. Nineteenth-Century Executions as Performances of Law, Death, and Civilization 000 Jurgen Martschukat 3. Seed of Abolition: Experience and Culture in the Desire to End Capital Punishment in Mexico, 1841-1857 000 Patrick Timmons 4. The Cultural Lives of Capital Punishment in the United States 000 Judith Randle 5. European Identity and the Mission Against the Death Penalty in the United States 000 Evi Girling 6. Crime and Punishment/Self versus Other: The Cultural Life of Capital Punishment Comparative Perspective of European and American Film 000 Louise Tyler 7. Capital Punishment in Poland: An Aspect of the "Cultural Life" of the Death Penalty Discourse 000 Agata Fijalkowski Part II: State Killing and State Violence in Central and South Asia and the Middle East 8. Capital Punishment in Kyrgyzstan: Between the Past, "Other" State Killings and Social Demands 000 Botagoz Kassymbekova 9. Death and the Nation: State Killing in India 000 Julia Eckert 10. Imagining the Death Penalty in Israel: Punishment, Violence, Vengeance, and Revenge 000 Shai J. Lavi 11. The Palestinian Culture of Death: Shariah and Siyasah: Justice, Political Power, and Capital Punishment in the Palestinian National Authority 000 Judith Mendelsohn Rood Part III: Paternal States, "Asian Values," and Visions of Social Order: Capital Punishment in East and Southeast Asia 12. Saving State Face: Capital Punishment in Japan 000 David T. Johnson 13. What Is Wrong with Capital Punishment? Official and Unofficial Attitudes Toward Capital Punishment in Modern and Contemporary China 000 Virgil K. Y. Ho 14. Capital Punishment and the Culture of Developmentalism in Singapore 000 Alfred Oehlers and Nicole Tarulevicz 15. Ending State Killing in South Korea: Challenging the Asian Capital Punishment Status Quo 000 Sangmin Bae Index
£22.49
Rutgers University Press Capital Consequences Families of the Condemned
Book SynopsisThose who support capital punishment often claim that they do so because it provides justice and closure for the victimsâ families. In Capital Consequences, attorney Rachel King reminds us that there are other families and other victims who must be considered in the debate over the death penalty.Trade ReviewMothers everywhere weep for lost sons, and children everywhere long for absent parents, but the families of those on Death Row suffer without sympathy or comfort. In Capital Consequences, King thoughtfully describes the anguish of these families as an execution date draws near and challenges the belief that creating another saddened and grieving family is a legitimate consequence of the death penalty. -- Robin M. Maher, Esq., director * American Bar Association Death Penalty Representation Project *There are few, if any, books like the one Ms. King has written. I hope that people will not turn away from the hardness of these accounts, but will take them in and respond accordingly. -- Richard C. Dieter, * Executive Director of the Death Penalty Information Center *Table of ContentsIntroduction It could happen to anyone A hero's life Living with death Revenge to reconciliation Too young to die A mother's love A regular guy A reasonable doubt Beyond grief
£22.49
Rutgers University Press The Forgotten Men Serving a Life without Parole
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Leigey's work merits a broad readership. Highly recommended." * CHOICE *"On the whole, the author has accomplished her purpose of helping those that read her book to remember the forgotten men. Achieving that is an accomplishment in itself. One can only hope that other researchers follow Leigey’s lead to help paint a broader picture of the dehumanizing nature of LWOP sentences." * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *"A thought-provoking and challenging book that will generate debates, controversy and disagreements about the issue of imposing life without parole … This book should be read by everyone - wardens, correctional staff, medical staff, law enforcement, prosecutors, judges, parole boards, state directors, commissioners, victims and victims' families." * Corrections Today *"The meticulous work conducted here highlights the largely hidden costs of a life behind bars. It illuminates not only how lifers find hope in a largely hopeless situation but also how these inmates find ways of making the life they have behind bars meaningful, not only to themselves but to those around them. Ultimately, the book is a portrait of mankind’s ability to not only survive in the face of terrible hardship but also to establish meaning and purpose in an environment that regularly reinforces the notion that an inmate’s life has neither." * American Journal of Sociology *"By carefully recording the decades-long experiences of those sentenced to permanent incarceration, Leigey brings a much needed degree of humanity to these forgotten men. In so doing, her important contribution impels readers to consider the purpose served by lifelong prison sentences." -- Ashley Nellis * The Sentencing Project *"The Forgotten Men is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the human costs of mass incarceration in America. A compelling and compassionate account of injustice, inhumane punishment and the resilience of the human spirit, the book lays bare the devastating consequences of unnecessarily extreme sentencing policies." -- Jennifer Turner * author of A Living Death: Life without Parole for Nonviolent Offenses *"A profound and moving work of social science that explains in compelling prose what it means to sentence human beings to live and die in prison. The forgotten men whose life stories frame this book will be long remembered by students of penology. Leigey’s superb book will guide my research and teaching in the coming years." -- Robert Johnson * professor of justice, law and criminology at American University *"The Forgotten Men is a thorough, insightful, and engaging book that provides rich information and in-depth analysis in order to accurately convey the realities of life in prison.Leigey’s book is a unique and cutting-edge contribution." -- Ronald Aday * professor of sociology, Middle Tennessee State University *Table of ContentsPreface: Death by IncarcerationAcknowledgments1 The Rise in the Permanently Incarcerated2 The Forgotten3 The Pains of Permanent Imprisonment4 Coping with Permanent Incarceration5 Growing Old in Prison6 Forgotten No MoreAppendix A: Pseudonyms and Demographics of RespondentsAppendix B: Researching the ForgottenNotesReferencesCasesIndex
£29.70
MW - Rutgers University Press The Forgotten Men Serving a Life Without Parole Sentence Critical Issues in Crime and Society Hardcover
Trade Review"Leigey's work merits a broad readership. Highly recommended." * CHOICE *"On the whole, the author has accomplished her purpose of helping those that read her book to remember the forgotten men. Achieving that is an accomplishment in itself. One can only hope that other researchers follow Leigey’s lead to help paint a broader picture of the dehumanizing nature of LWOP sentences." * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *"A thought-provoking and challenging book that will generate debates, controversy and disagreements about the issue of imposing life without parole … This book should be read by everyone - wardens, correctional staff, medical staff, law enforcement, prosecutors, judges, parole boards, state directors, commissioners, victims and victims' families." * Corrections Today *"The meticulous work conducted here highlights the largely hidden costs of a life behind bars. It illuminates not only how lifers find hope in a largely hopeless situation but also how these inmates find ways of making the life they have behind bars meaningful, not only to themselves but to those around them. Ultimately, the book is a portrait of mankind’s ability to not only survive in the face of terrible hardship but also to establish meaning and purpose in an environment that regularly reinforces the notion that an inmate’s life has neither." * American Journal of Sociology *"By carefully recording the decades-long experiences of those sentenced to permanent incarceration, Leigey brings a much needed degree of humanity to these forgotten men. In so doing, her important contribution impels readers to consider the purpose served by lifelong prison sentences." -- Ashley Nellis * The Sentencing Project *"The Forgotten Men is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the human costs of mass incarceration in America. A compelling and compassionate account of injustice, inhumane punishment and the resilience of the human spirit, the book lays bare the devastating consequences of unnecessarily extreme sentencing policies." -- Jennifer Turner * author of A Living Death: Life without Parole for Nonviolent Offenses *"A profound and moving work of social science that explains in compelling prose what it means to sentence human beings to live and die in prison. The forgotten men whose life stories frame this book will be long remembered by students of penology. Leigey’s superb book will guide my research and teaching in the coming years." -- Robert Johnson * professor of justice, law and criminology at American University *"The Forgotten Men is a thorough, insightful, and engaging book that provides rich information and in-depth analysis in order to accurately convey the realities of life in prison.Leigey’s book is a unique and cutting-edge contribution." -- Ronald Aday * professor of sociology, Middle Tennessee State University *Table of ContentsPreface: Death by IncarcerationAcknowledgments1 The Rise in the Permanently Incarcerated2 The Forgotten3 The Pains of Permanent Imprisonment4 Coping with Permanent Incarceration5 Growing Old in Prison6 Forgotten No MoreAppendix A: Pseudonyms and Demographics of RespondentsAppendix B: Researching the ForgottenNotesReferencesCasesIndex
£105.40
Rutgers University Press Everyday Desistance The Transition to Adulthood
Book SynopsisExamines the lives of young people who spent considerable time in and out of correctional institutions as adolescents. This book narrates the day-to-day experiences of these young men and women, focusing on their attempts to surmount the challenges of adulthood, resisting a return to criminal activity, and formulating long-term goals for a secure adult future.Trade Review"Their sensitive appraisal of the intersecting social forces and social institutions, as well as the internal struggles that young people face, shines through in this book."— The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice "Everyday Desistance is a humanizing portrait of a group of young adults which brings readers to a compassionate understanding of their hardships as well as a great degree of admiration for their triumphs."— Ashley Nellis, The Sentencing Project "Timely, interesting, and well-written, the authors provide a comprehensive examination with accessible stories and ideas. Everyday Desistance fills a niche that needs to be filled."— Mercer L. Sullivan, author of Getting Paid: Youth Crime and Work in the Inner City "There is much to be gained from both a policy and theory perspective by reading Everyday Desistance. It is a well-written and engaging study that contributes to knowledge about re-entry and the journey toward desistance....We can learn a lot about how to help them reach this goal by reading this book." — Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books "This book is a must read for anyone looking to understand the complex daily choices of desistance and to support formerly incarcerated young people to not only survive in adulthood but also to thrive. For me, the book goes beyond the confines of juvenile justice readership — it holds important lessons for anyone working in child welfare to consider their work in the larger picture of poverty, community, incarceration and reentry."— Juvenile Justice Information Exchange "Everyday Desistance stands out as an important contribution to the now burgeoning literature on desistance." — European Journal of Probation Reposting of JJIE's "BOOK REVIEWS Book Review: ‘Everyday Desistance: The Transition to Adulthood Among Formerly Incarcerated Youth'"— Youth Today "Laura Abrams and Diane Terry offer a richly detailed account of ‘formerly incarcerated youth’ and their struggle to emerge as adults. Desistance is part of the story, and the authors tell it well." — Children & Society "Using in-depth, in-person interviews, UCLA social welfare professor Laura S. Abrams and Diane J. Terry... have presented a more nuanced portrait of life after juvie" "Abrams and Terry collected firsthand stories and insights to answer the following questions: What does everyday life look like for young people who age out of the juvenile justice system? And how do young people navigate the transition to adulthood while attempting to stay out of the hands of the law?"— Stan Paul, UCLA LuskinTable of ContentsContents Foreword by Michelle Inderbitzin, PhD 1 Introduction 2 The Road to Juvie 3 Locked Up and Back Again 4 And Now I’m an Adult 5 Dangers and Decisions: Navigating Desistance as a Young Man 6 You Can Run but You Can’t Hide 7 Finding a Net to Fall Back On: The Young Woman’s Journeys 8 Everyday Desistance: Theory Meets Reality 9 Policy and Practice Reforms: Supporting the Pathway to Adulthood Acknowledgments Appendix: The Research Process Bibliography Index
£27.90
MP-VIR Uni of Virginia Doing Justice to Mercy Religion Law and Criminal
Book SynopsisIt is often assumed that the law and religion address different spheres of human life. This book challenges this assumption by presenting the reader with an urgent conversation between the law and religion that yields a constructive approach, both theoretically and practically, to the complex role of mercy in our legal process.Trade ReviewAn engaging, vital book, well written and pertinent to a wide range of theoretical and practical issues in the shaping of policy in this society's treatment of persons deemed 'criminals.'... This book suggests that wrongdoers deserve forms of justice tempered by mercy and mercy inclusive of some level of punishment that falls short of revenge. Currently, many Americans like revenge. But that makes this book as important as ever. - Donald W. Shriver, Union Theological Seminary, author of Honest Patriots: Loving a Country Enough to Remember Its Misdeeds
£18.00
University of Virginia Press Crossing the River Styx The Memoir of a Death
Book SynopsisRevealing the cruelties of the state-sanctioned violence that has until recently prevailed in Virginia’s backyard, Crossing the River Styx serves as a cautionary tale for those who still support capital punishment.
£23.96
New York University Press Convicted and Condemned
Book SynopsisWinner, W. E. B. DuBois Distinguished Book Award presented by the National Conference of Black Political ScientistsExamines the lifelong consequences of a felony conviction through the compelling words of former prisonersFelony convictions restrict social interactions and hinder felons' efforts to reintegrate into society. The educational and vocational training offered in many prisons are typically not recognized by accredited educational institutions as acceptable course work or by employers as valid work experience, making it difficult for recently-released prisoners to find jobs. Families often will not or cannot allow their formerly incarcerated relatives to live with them. In many states, those with felony convictions cannot receive financial aid for further education, vote in elections, receive welfare benefits, or live in public housing. In short, they are not treated as full citizens, and every year, hundreds of thousands of people released from prison are forced to live on thTrade Review"Convicted and Condemned is one of the best ethnographic and first person accounts I have read, which sheds life on the real and tangible effects of public policies. It is an outstanding multi-layered analysis of prisoner reentry that includes public policies and lived experiences and provides a unique perspective to understanding prisoner reentry. A must read book for those responsible for policy making and working with this population." -- Byron Price,Author of Merchandizing Prisoners: Who Really Pays for Prison Privatization"This fascinating book offers a sharp policy analysis and introduces a powerful framework for making sense of the experiences of those with a felony conviction. Keesha Middlemass provides an expert account of the various ways that a felony status is socially constructed and the implications of this construction for those with felony convictions in the years following their release from incarceration." -- Nikki Jones,Author of Between Good and Ghetto: African American Girls and Inner-City Violence"The narrative in this important, impassioned book is strengthened by the voices of those stigmatizedmale and female, black and whiteseeking to find their footing in a hostile environment." * Choice *
£23.74
MP-SYR Syracuse University P Readings in Syrian Prison Literature
Book SynopsisPrison literature has played an essential role in generating the “experimental shift” in Arabic literature since the 1960s. Taleghani's groundbreaking work explores prison writing's critical role in resistance movements in Syria, the evolution of Arabic literature, and the development of a global human rights.
£26.06
University of Minnesota Press Prisons of Poverty
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£17.09
University of Minnesota Press Compulsory
Book SynopsisA groundbreaking look at America's public education system through the lens of prison schoolingTrade Review"Fiercely rendered, Compulsory is the book for our moment. This book requires readers to remap the circuits that bind schools to prisons and the state and centers how communities—including young men who are locked up and their loved ones—negotiate, and often shatteringly resist, these powerlines. Situating the ‘prison classroom’ within a carceral landscape punctuated by deeply racialized and heteropatriachal practices of removal and premature death, Sabina E. Vaught’s necessary and poetic writing moves activist scholarship into needed and new terrains and pushes readers to mourn, to analyze, and to build struggles for radical freedom that leave no one behind."—Erica R. Meiners, Northeastern Illinois University"Compulsory is a critical ethnography that examines the institution of public education through the lens of the Lincoln prison school at Lincoln Treatment Center, a high-security detention center for males. Observations and interviews with prisoners, their families, teachers, the security staff, and the prison administration offer a vivid look into the specific lives of those at Lincoln and the institutional setting. "—American Journal of Sociology"A highly original, masterful look at the inner workings and logic of the American juvenile justice system. This is the single best book to date on juvenile justice in the age of mass incarceration. Compulsory is an instant classic."—CHOICETable of ContentsContentsIntroduction: Take No PrisonersPart I. Outside1. with its institutions: The Education State2. Keys: Lockup and Juvenile Prison3. The Street: Arterials of the White State4. Second Possession: Racial Property and Removal5. Home: A Story in Three PartsPart II. Inside6. Compulsory Schooling: Inside the Education State7. The Architecture of Discipline: Personal Safety and Prison Security8. Guilty by Association: Kinship and TreatmentConclusion: FutilitiesAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex
£21.59
University of Minnesota Press First Strike Educational Enclosures in Black Los
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Damien M. Sojoyner fills a significant gap in literature by problematizing the school-to-prison pipeline, offering a more nuanced analytical frame than the one represented in most contemporary popular discourse. First Strike helps us understand what is happening to young people in under-resourced schools and the ways that their experience reflects an eroding commitment to education in favor of punishment."—Beth E. Richie, University of Illinois at Chicago"Sojoyner provides a masterful narrative of Black Los Angeles against the backdrop of mass incarceration and the criminalization of Black children. Scholars and educators should heed Sojoyner’s call to challenge the ‘school-to-prison’ discourse to the more historically grounded ‘enclosures.’"—Maisha T. Winn, Chancellor’s Leadership Professor, University of California, Davis"Sojoyner’s sweeping analysis of enclosures presents a compelling vision of what ethnography can accomplish in tandem with historical analysis."—PoLAR "First Strike pushes anthropological analysis beyond the ethnographic by drawing upon history, policy, and social geography to build a theory of power that accounts for the force of the state as a reactionary response to the radical potential of Black liberation."—Anthropological Quarterly "First Strike contributes crucially to theories of black liberation vis-à-vis education, namely, literatures working to disrupt antiblack narratives of cultural failure within educational policy circles." —American EthnologistTable of ContentsContentsIntroduction: The Problematic History between Schools and Prisons1. The Problem of Black Genius: Black Cultural Enclosures2. In the Belly of the Beast: Ideological Expansion3. Land of Smoke and Mirrors: The Meaning of Punishment and Control4. Troubled Man: Limitations of the Masculinity Solution5. By All Means Possible: The Historical Struggle over Black EducationConclusion: Reading the Past and Listening to the PresentAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex
£19.94
Ohio University Press Carceral Afterlives Prisons Detention and
Book SynopsisThis social and political history analyzes how incarceration, a practice and policy with colonial origins, was central to both the exertion of and challenges to state power in postcolonial Uganda. The book also illustrates the persistent imbrication of prisons, punishment, politics, and struggles for decolonization and freedom across the globe.Trade Review“Katherine Bruce-Lockhart engages in a meticulous analysis of Africa’s postcolonial penal systems through stories of how they were imagined and experienced in Uganda by the confined, workers, and their families. Carceral Afterlives is painstakingly researched, unparalleled on many levels, and a must-read book for anyone interested in postcolonial state politics, global histories of prisons, and confinement. A trailblazer and momentous.” -- Nakanyike B. Musisi, coauthor of Decentralisation and Transformation of Governance in Uganda“Carceral Afterlives demonstrates the centrality of prisons to postcolonial African politics. Using an array of written, oral, and visual sources and an elegant prose, Katherine Bruce-Lockhart provides a fascinating analysis of how prisons, punishment, and politics intertwined in postcolonial Uganda, where the state, whether military or civilian, conceptualized incarceration as a powerful tool for advancing its political agendas by drawing upon a strong colonial legacy of confinement, which in the process turned carceral spaces into sites of resistance and struggle. An impressive work of scholarship, this book is a welcome addition to the growing literature on African penal histories and the global history of punishment. A must-read for scholars of East African history as well.” -- Dior Konaté, author of Prison Architecture and Punishment in Colonial Senegal“This is a major contribution to the historiography of postcolonial Uganda, dealing with a topic on which historical research is long overdue. Bruce-Lockhart has provided a richly detailed and authoritative account of prisons and the experience of incarceration under Obote and Amin in particular. In so doing, the author offers new insights into the workings, as well as the dysfunction, of the Ugandan state during the early years of independence.” -- Richard J. Reid, author of A History of Modern Uganda“In her strikingly original book, Katherine Bruce-Lockhart explores how the early rulers of independent Uganda, who had previously denounced colonial prisons as violent and racist instruments of European imperialism, paradoxically redeployed mass detention as an integral arm of the new state. Creatively employing a variety of sources such as memoirs, letters, and journalistic reports, she also captures the voices of prisoners and their political allies who turned prisons into sites of struggle and dissent. Carceral Afterlives constitutes an important contribution to the stimulating new field of transnational prison history.” -- Mary S. Gibson, author of Italian Prisons in the Age of Positivism, 1861–1914“This important book reveals the continuities, adaptations, and negotiations of Ugandan incarceration across the colonial and postcolonial eras. Pieced together from a remarkable range of sources, including oral histories, Katherine Bruce-Lockhart conceptualises the modern prison’s symbolic and penal functions as inherently colonial by highlighting the recursive nature of its purpose, character, and experience. Meticulously researched and elegantly framed, this book sets a new agenda for understanding the historic and transnational influences that inflect incarceration in the modern age.” -- Clare Anderson, author of Convicts: A Global HistoryTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction. Captivity and Freedom in Postcolonial Uganda 1. Colonial “Cinderella”: Prisons and Punishment in the Colonial Period 2. A National Prisons Service 3. Professional Identities and Institutional Imaginaries: Prison Work in the Postcolonial State 4. Detention and Dissent in the Obote I Years 5. “Dungeons,” Disappearance, and Detention: Punishment during the Amin Years 6. State of War: Conflict and Confinement after Amin Conclusion Contested Pasts, Contested Futures Notes Bibliography Index
£56.10
Ohio University Press Carceral Afterlives Prisons Detention and
Book SynopsisThis social and political history analyzes how incarceration, a practice and policy with colonial origins, was central to both the exertion of and challenges to state power in postcolonial Uganda. The book also illustrates the persistent imbrication of prisons, punishment, politics, and struggles for decolonization and freedom across the globe.Trade Review“Katherine Bruce-Lockhart engages in a meticulous analysis of Africa’s postcolonial penal systems through stories of how they were imagined and experienced in Uganda by the confined, workers, and their families. Carceral Afterlives is painstakingly researched, unparalleled on many levels, and a must-read book for anyone interested in postcolonial state politics, global histories of prisons, and confinement. A trailblazer and momentous.” -- Nakanyike B. Musisi, coauthor of Decentralisation and Transformation of Governance in Uganda“Carceral Afterlives demonstrates the centrality of prisons to postcolonial African politics. Using an array of written, oral, and visual sources and an elegant prose, Katherine Bruce-Lockhart provides a fascinating analysis of how prisons, punishment, and politics intertwined in postcolonial Uganda, where the state, whether military or civilian, conceptualized incarceration as a powerful tool for advancing its political agendas by drawing upon a strong colonial legacy of confinement, which in the process turned carceral spaces into sites of resistance and struggle. An impressive work of scholarship, this book is a welcome addition to the growing literature on African penal histories and the global history of punishment. A must-read for scholars of East African history as well.” -- Dior Konaté, author of Prison Architecture and Punishment in Colonial Senegal“This is a major contribution to the historiography of postcolonial Uganda, dealing with a topic on which historical research is long overdue. Bruce-Lockhart has provided a richly detailed and authoritative account of prisons and the experience of incarceration under Obote and Amin in particular. In so doing, the author offers new insights into the workings, as well as the dysfunction, of the Ugandan state during the early years of independence.” -- Richard J. Reid, author of A History of Modern Uganda“In her strikingly original book, Katherine Bruce-Lockhart explores how the early rulers of independent Uganda, who had previously denounced colonial prisons as violent and racist instruments of European imperialism, paradoxically redeployed mass detention as an integral arm of the new state. Creatively employing a variety of sources such as memoirs, letters, and journalistic reports, she also captures the voices of prisoners and their political allies who turned prisons into sites of struggle and dissent. Carceral Afterlives constitutes an important contribution to the stimulating new field of transnational prison history.” -- Mary S. Gibson, author of Italian Prisons in the Age of Positivism, 1861–1914“This important book reveals the continuities, adaptations, and negotiations of Ugandan incarceration across the colonial and postcolonial eras. Pieced together from a remarkable range of sources, including oral histories, Katherine Bruce-Lockhart conceptualises the modern prison’s symbolic and penal functions as inherently colonial by highlighting the recursive nature of its purpose, character, and experience. Meticulously researched and elegantly framed, this book sets a new agenda for understanding the historic and transnational influences that inflect incarceration in the modern age.” -- Clare Anderson, author of Convicts: A Global HistoryTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction. Captivity and Freedom in Postcolonial Uganda 1. Colonial “Cinderella”: Prisons and Punishment in the Colonial Period 2. A National Prisons Service 3. Professional Identities and Institutional Imaginaries: Prison Work in the Postcolonial State 4. Detention and Dissent in the Obote I Years 5. “Dungeons,” Disappearance, and Detention: Punishment during the Amin Years 6. State of War: Conflict and Confinement after Amin Conclusion Contested Pasts, Contested Futures Notes Bibliography Index
£26.09
Duke University Press Beyond Repair
Book SynopsisEssays offer a new challenge to the death penalty's legitimacy, in light of new empirical research and case studies, and against the backdrop of international law and recent changes in US domestic law.Trade Review“Important and timely, Beyond Repair? presents disturbing findings about the legal system’s inability to administer the death penalty fairly. Especially noteworthy for the new empirical data it brings to bear, this book presents a necessary—and unsettling—look at capital punishment in America today.”—Nadine Strossen, President, American Civil Liberties Union and Professor of Law, New York Law School“In these essays some of our most knowledgeable students of capital punishment take a hard, no-nonsense look at how it actually operates and what drives America’s passionate refusal either to come to peace with the death penalty or give it up. Vital reading for whoever would understand why it can function only fitfully, peevishly, and perversely.”—Anthony G. Amsterdam, New York University School of Law“This collection is an indispensable guide to the new learning on the death penalty, and to the reasons why capital punishment has suddenly become one of the nation's most pressing issues of public policy and debate.”—James S. Liebman, Columbia Law SchoolTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction / Stephen P. Garvey 1 : Second Thoughts: Americans’ Views on the Death Penalty at the Turn of the Century / Samuel R. Gross & Phoebe C. Ellsworth 2 : Capital Punishment, Federal Courts, and the Writ of Habeas Corpus / Larry W. Yackle 3 : “Until I Can Be Sure”: How the Threat of Executing the Innocent Has Transformed the Death Penalty Debate / Ken Armstrong & Steve Mills 4 : Race and Capital Punishment / Sheri Lynn Johnson 5 : Lessons from the Capital Jury Project / John H. Blume, Theodore Eisenberg, & Stephen P. Garvey 6 : International Law and the Abolition of the Death Penalty / William A. Schabas Postscript: The Peculiar Present of American Capital Punishment / Franklin E. Zimring Contributors Index
£25.19
Duke University Press Punishment in Paradise
Book SynopsisPeter M. Beattie provides a detailed examination of the nineteenth-century Brazilian island penal colony Fernando de Noronha, in which he shows how it serves as a metaphor for Brazilian society and was key to Brazil's abolishment of slavery. Trade Review"Beattie’s account of the events on Fernando and its various classes of inmates and other inhabitants is extremely rich in detail and a good read from beginning to end." -- Pieter Spierenburg * British Journal of Criminology *"As a way to reflect on Brazil as a whole at the time, as well as on penology, gender, slavery, and human rights in the greater Atlantic world, Fernando de Noronha’s history magnifies some points and either distorts or omits others. But Beattie’s approach shows how this unique setting can inform a varied range of larger issues." -- Thomas H. Holloway * Journal of Interdisciplinary History *"This work is a valuable tool for graduate teaching in Brazilian, Latin American, or African diaspora history, and it is essential reading for scholars of the Atlantic world." -- Zachary R. Morgan * American Historical Review *"The originality of this volume lies in this broad approach and its capacity to cut across the boundaries of various sub-disciplines.... The volume is well written and has a clear structure, the documentary basis rich and varied and its interpretations convincing." -- Christian G. de Vito * Journal of Latin American Studies *"Peter Beattie has produced a multi-faceted and insightful study, a prime example of how to study Brazil’s popular classes as both a coherent and a multi-faceted group.... [A] balanced and well-written book, one crowned by a handful of brilliant concepts that will raise the bar for future studies of popular groups in Brazil’s long nineteenth century." -- Oscar de la Torre * Canadian Journal of History *"Punishment in Paradise unearths new and unique archival material, engages with a wide breadth of scholarship, and is deftly written. It will be essential reading for scholars of Brazil, slavery, and coerced labor in the Atlantic World as well as scholars interested in the intersections of masculinity, sexuality, criminality, and human rights." -- Lena Suk * Labor *"Punishment in Paradise will be essential reading for scholars and legal practitioners interested in understanding the criminal law and penal practice and its embeddedness in a long history of labor appropriation. It should attract a broad readership, including those interested in Brazilian history, the transatlantic nineteenth century, slavery and abolition, and the history of crime and punishment. This book should make its way onto syllabi for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses on the history of crime and justice; the history of gender and sexuality; and the social history of Brazil, Latin America, and the Atlantic world generally." -- Amy Chazkel * H-Law, H-Net Reviews *"Punishment in Paradise provides much food for thought and invitation to debate. Like The Tribute of Blood, it should shape syllabi and research agendas for years to come." -- Marc A. Hertzman * Luso-Brazilian Review *"Beattie illuminate[s] themes that have been largely overlooked or neglected in national historiographies." -- Evan C. Rothera * European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies *"Peter Beattie has crafted a thoughtfully researched sociolegal history. Punishment in Paradise will be essential reading for scholars and students of crime, punishment, and justice in addition to labor regimes within the transatlantic nineteenth century. It should also attract a broad readership, including those interested in Brazilian history as well as slavery and abolition." -- Manuella Meyer * Hispanic American Historical Review *
£80.10
Duke University Press Punishment in Paradise
Book SynopsisPeter M. Beattie provides a detailed examination of the nineteenth-century Brazilian island penal colony Fernando de Noronha, in which he shows how it serves as a metaphor for Brazilian society and was key to Brazil's abolishment of slavery. Trade Review"Beattie’s account of the events on Fernando and its various classes of inmates and other inhabitants is extremely rich in detail and a good read from beginning to end." -- Pieter Spierenburg * British Journal of Criminology *"As a way to reflect on Brazil as a whole at the time, as well as on penology, gender, slavery, and human rights in the greater Atlantic world, Fernando de Noronha’s history magnifies some points and either distorts or omits others. But Beattie’s approach shows how this unique setting can inform a varied range of larger issues." -- Thomas H. Holloway * Journal of Interdisciplinary History *"This work is a valuable tool for graduate teaching in Brazilian, Latin American, or African diaspora history, and it is essential reading for scholars of the Atlantic world." -- Zachary R. Morgan * American Historical Review *"The originality of this volume lies in this broad approach and its capacity to cut across the boundaries of various sub-disciplines.... The volume is well written and has a clear structure, the documentary basis rich and varied and its interpretations convincing." -- Christian G. de Vito * Journal of Latin American Studies *"Peter Beattie has produced a multi-faceted and insightful study, a prime example of how to study Brazil’s popular classes as both a coherent and a multi-faceted group.... [A] balanced and well-written book, one crowned by a handful of brilliant concepts that will raise the bar for future studies of popular groups in Brazil’s long nineteenth century." -- Oscar de la Torre * Canadian Journal of History *"Punishment in Paradise unearths new and unique archival material, engages with a wide breadth of scholarship, and is deftly written. It will be essential reading for scholars of Brazil, slavery, and coerced labor in the Atlantic World as well as scholars interested in the intersections of masculinity, sexuality, criminality, and human rights." -- Lena Suk * Labor *"Punishment in Paradise will be essential reading for scholars and legal practitioners interested in understanding the criminal law and penal practice and its embeddedness in a long history of labor appropriation. It should attract a broad readership, including those interested in Brazilian history, the transatlantic nineteenth century, slavery and abolition, and the history of crime and punishment. This book should make its way onto syllabi for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses on the history of crime and justice; the history of gender and sexuality; and the social history of Brazil, Latin America, and the Atlantic world generally." -- Amy Chazkel * H-Law, H-Net Reviews *"Punishment in Paradise provides much food for thought and invitation to debate. Like The Tribute of Blood, it should shape syllabi and research agendas for years to come." -- Marc A. Hertzman * Luso-Brazilian Review *"Beattie illuminate[s] themes that have been largely overlooked or neglected in national historiographies." -- Evan C. Rothera * European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies *"Peter Beattie has crafted a thoughtfully researched sociolegal history. Punishment in Paradise will be essential reading for scholars and students of crime, punishment, and justice in addition to labor regimes within the transatlantic nineteenth century. It should also attract a broad readership, including those interested in Brazilian history as well as slavery and abolition." -- Manuella Meyer * Hispanic American Historical Review *
£27.90
Duke University Press Bruno
Book SynopsisBruno is the story of a Brazilian navy corporal turned drug dealer, who after being imprisoned became the leader of one of Brazil's biggest criminal factions, the Comando Vermelho. Bruno's story provides insights into the Brazilian drug trade, prison life, and explains the epidemic of violence in Rio's favelas.Trade Review“This particular account is interesting and engaging…” -- Ed Hart * Sounds and Colours *"The real contribution of Bruno [is]... the private reflections that we gain from a single informant who is intelligent, critical, and painfully idealistic. It is this personal voice, rather than the empirical data, that makes Bruno truly special, and a necessary supplement for scholars interested not only in drug trafficking and prisons, but in the relationship between crime and self-reflection as well." -- Samuel E. Novacich * Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology *“In telling the story of Bruno, sociologist Robert Gay succeeds in demystifying not only gangs and the drug trade but also an entire country. This is a carefully crafted study of a criminal career embedded in a society that for generations has denied citizenship to large numbers of its population…. This is an important book that skilfully utilises ethnographic interviews to tell the story of one man in the trenches of the global war against drugs.” -- Dick Hobbs * Times Higher Education *"This gripping book is a superb entry point into the maze of Brazilian prisons and, hopefully, a spur to more systematic historical research into the country’s current dilemmas with prisons, drugs, and gangs." -- Paul Gootenberg * Hispanic American Historical Review *"From the haunting cover to the emotional ending Bruno: Conversations with a Brazilian Drug Dealer shapes up to be a gripping read for anyone interested in the shady underworld of drug gang culture. . . . Bruno is a fascinating account that will serve as a useful testament of life in the Brazilian underworld which will be of immense value to students of cultural studies and Latin American history for years to come. In that sense, Bruno is strictly not the sensationalised bestseller that the story has the potential to be, but something infinitely more valuable." -- Jay Kerr * Latin American Review of Books *"Robert Gay has written an intimate, eye-opening book that opens a window into the politics of prisons and drug prohibition in Brazil." -- Kevin Lewis O'Neill * Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute *"Stirring. . . . Gay offers a finely grained ethnographic account of an individual whose life is embedded in a complex world of drug trafficking complicities." -- Robert Gay * Latin American Research Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. Trafficking 7 2. Things Come Undone 29 3. The Family 47 4. The Devil's Cauldron 63 5. On the Run 85 6. Paradise Lost 109 7. The Leader 135 8. Judgment Day 175 Postscript 195 Timeline of Events 201 Notes 203 Bibliography 215 Index 219
£76.50
Fordham University Press Killing Times
Book SynopsisGrounded in a deep ethical and political commitment to death penalty abolition, Wills’s engaging and powerfully argued book pushes beyond the confines of legal argument to show how the technology of capital punishment defines and appropriates the instant of death and reconfigures the whole of human mortality.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 1. Machinery of Death or Machinic Life 17 2. The Time of the Trap Door 54 3. The Future Anterior of Blood 87 4. Spirit Wind 119 5. Drone Penalty 150 6. Lam Time 185 Appendix: U.S. Supreme Court Cases Cited 217 Acknowledgments 219 Notes 221 Index 253
£27.90
Fordham University Press Killing Times The Temporal Technology of the
Book SynopsisGrounded in a deep ethical and political commitment to death penalty abolition, Wills’s engaging and powerfully argued book pushes beyond the confines of legal argument to show how the technology of capital punishment defines and appropriates the instant of death and reconfigures the whole of human mortality.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 1. Machinery of Death or Machinic Life 17 2. The Time of the Trap Door 54 3. The Future Anterior of Blood 87 4. Spirit Wind 119 5. Drone Penalty 150 6. Lam Time 185 Appendix: U.S. Supreme Court Cases Cited 217 Acknowledgments 219 Notes 221 Index 253
£85.50
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Psychology in Probation Services
Book SynopsisOutlines the strategic framework for psychological services across prisons and probation. This book gives a picture of some key areas of applied psychological practice in probation settings. It covers the development of applied psychological services, court work, mental health, working with sex offenders, risk assessment, and cognitive skills.Trade Review"A comprehensive introduction, from an operational standpoint, of the role of psychology and psychologists in the Probation Service as it is and might develop, for both students and practitioners. Everything from basic risk assessment to MAPPA and work with life sentence prisoners is covered." Rod Morgan, Chairman, Youth Justice Board, formerly HM Chief Inspector of Probation "This is a timely, elegant and wide-ranging collection of essays. It will prove of value and interest not only to professional psychologists and those working in probation but to all those seeking to identify 'what works' in the criminal justice system." Stephen Shaw, Prisons and Probation Ombudsman for England and Wales "A very practical and informative book that clearly illustrates the contribution and potential contribution that applied psychology can make to the care of offenders and victims in the community, as well as to those working with these individuals within the probation services. It is clearly written and will make a useful contribution to the knowledge base around the issues discussed and will inform both clinicians working in the field and allied services, plus academics and students studying in a variety of related disciplines." Sharon Riordan, Lecturer in Forensic Mental Health Care, University of BirminghamTable of ContentsForeword by Herschel Prins vii Editors’ Preface x Series Editors’ Preface xii Revolving Doors xiv List of Contributors xv Acknowledgements xv 1 Applied Psychological Services in the National Probation Service for England and Wales 1 Graham Towl and David Crighton 2 Work in the Courts 14 David Crighton 3 Counselling Psychologists and Mental Health Work in Probation Services 23 Sharon Mayer 4 Assessment and Treatment of Sexual Offenders 40 Andrew Bates 5 Risk Assessment 52 David Crighton 6 Suicide and Intentional Self-Injury 67 Sara Casado and Amy Beck 7 Groupwork-based Interventions 82 Anne Williams 8 Cognitive Skills Groupwork 91 Derval Ambrose 9 Multi-agency Public Protection Arrangements 104 Tania Tancred 10 Domestic Violence Work with Male Offenders 115 Jane Lindsay, Dermot Brady and Debbie McQueirns 11 Work with Life Sentence Offenders 138 Debbie McQueirns 12 Partnership Working: Organizational Roles, Structures and Interfaces 156 Trudy Leeson and David Crighton References 170 Index 186
£49.35
Johns Hopkins University Press Coxsackie
Book SynopsisHow progressive good intentions failed at Coxsackie, once a model New York State prison for youth offenders.Should prisons attempt reform and uplift inmates or, by means of principled punishment, deter them from further wrongdoing? This debate has raged in Western Europe and in the United States at least since the late eighteenth century. Joseph F. Spillane examines the failure of progressive reform in New York State by focusing on Coxsackie, a New Deal reformatory built for young male offenders. Opened in 1935 to serve adolescents adrift, Coxsackie instead became an unstable and brutalizing prison. From the start, the liberal impulse underpinning the prison's mission was overwhelmed by challenges it was unequipped or unwilling to facedrugs, gangs, and racial conflict.Spillane draws on detailed prison records to reconstruct a life behind bars in which ungovernable young men posed constant challenges to racial and cultural order. The New Deal order of the Trade ReviewDamn it's compelling... If you're interested in the historical roots of our prison system, you ought to spend an evening with this book. -- Alfred Brophy, UNC School of Law The Faculty Lounge Archival shelves laden with criminal justice records await informed examination. Historian Spillane found a pertinent data set and analyzed it, brilliantly so. Choice Should be required reading for historians of juvenile and criminal corrections... Presents a compelling cautionary tale that contemporary would-be reformers ignore at their peril, while offering important new insights for scholars. American Historical ReviewTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction: The Ashes of ReformPart I: The Rapid Rise of Prison Reform in New York, 1929–19441. The Reformer's Mural: The Liberal Penal Imagination2. A New Deal for Prisons: The Politics of Reform in New YorkPart II: Prison Lives and the World of the Reformatory3. Adolescents Adrift: Young Men on the Road to Coxsackie4. Against the Wall: Survival and Resistance at Coxsackie5. Reform at Work: Ideas into Action at Coxsackie6. A Conspiracy of Frustration: Coming HomePart III: The Slow Death of Prison Reform in New York 1944–19777. The Frying Pan and the Fire: The Reformatory in Crisis, 1944–19638. Out of Time: Coxsackie and the End of the Reform Idea9. Floodtide: Coxsackie and Post-Reformatory Prison Politics, 1963–1977Conclusion: The Ghost of Prisons FutureNotesEssay on SourcesIndex
£35.10
Temple University Press,U.S. Criminology and Public Policy Putting Theory to
Book SynopsisIn the field of criminal justice, public policy is designed to address the problems brought on by criminal behavior and the response to that behavior. However, too often, the theories carefully developed in the academy fail to make their way into programs and policy. The editors and contributors to this second edition of Criminology and Public Policy highlight the recent development of translational criminology to address the growing movement in criminology to use the results of criminological research and theory to better inform policy and practice. The essays in Criminology and Public Policy propose an in-depth look at both theory and practice and how they are integrated across a number of key criminal justice problemsfrom racial and environmental concerns to gun control and recidivism rates as well as police use of force and mass incarceration. The end result is an essential volume that blends both theory and practice in an effort to address the critical problems in explaining, prevTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Why Theory Matters for Policy and Why Policy Matters for Theory • Kevin A. WrightPart I Theories of Offender Behavior Introduction to Part I1. Race Differences in Crime • Anthony A. Braga and Kevin M. Drakulich2. Critical Race Theory and the Limits of Liberal Legal Remedies to Address Racial Disparities in Police Violence • Amy Farrell, Patricia Warren, and Shea Cronin3. Situational Prevention of Wildlife Crimes: The Policy Challenges • Ronald V. Clarke, Justin Kurland, and Lauren Wilson4. Global Warming and Criminological Theory and Practice • Rob White5. Toward a Life-Course Theory of Victimization • Jillian J. Turanovic6. Translating Theories of Desistance to Policy • Megan Kurlychek and Megan Denver7. From Hot Spots to a Theory of Place • Cody Telep and David Weisburd8. Aligning Public Policy, Criminological Theory, and Empirical Findings on the Immigration-Crime Relationship • Glenn Trager and Charis E. Kubrin9. Mass Shootings: A New Name for a Familiar Problem • Grant Duwe Part II Theories of the Criminal Justice SystemIntroduction to Part II10. A Theory of Offender Recidivism • Daniel P. Mears and Jillian J. Turanovic11. An Integrated, Reflexive Theory of Police Misconduct • Natalie Todak and Michael D. White12. Sentencing Disparity: A Focus on Race and Ethnicity • Cassia Spohn13. Intergenerational Effects of Crime and Punishment • Kathleen Powell and Sara Wakefield14. R-e-s-p-e-c-t: Communities of Color and the Criminal Justice System • Rod K. Brunson and Michelle N. Block15. Organizational Change and Criminal Justice: Working within the Iron Cage • Danielle Rudes and Shannon Magnuson16. Gun Policy • Jennifer Carlson17. Thinking Outside the Prison Walls: The Value of the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program to Solve Old Problems • Kevin A. Wright and Cheryl Lero Jonson18. Toward a Theory of Mental Illness and Crime • Robert D. Morgan and Robert K. AxConclusion: When Theory Fails • Scott H. Decker Contributors Index
£69.70
Temple University Press,U.S. Criminology and Public Policy Putting Theory to
Book SynopsisIn the field of criminal justice, public policy is designed to address the problems brought on by criminal behavior and the response to that behavior. However, too often, the theories carefully developed in the academy fail to make their way into programs and policy. The editors and contributors to this second edition of Criminology and Public Policy highlight the recent development of translational criminology to address the growing movement in criminology to use the results of criminological research and theory to better inform policy and practice. The essays in Criminology and Public Policy propose an in-depth look at both theory and practice and how they are integrated across a number of key criminal justice problemsfrom racial and environmental concerns to gun control and recidivism rates as well as police use of force and mass incarceration. The end result is an essential volume that blends both theory and practice in an effort to address the critical problems in explaining, prevTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Why Theory Matters for Policy and Why Policy Matters for Theory • Kevin A. WrightPart I Theories of Offender Behavior Introduction to Part I1. Race Differences in Crime • Anthony A. Braga and Kevin M. Drakulich2. Critical Race Theory and the Limits of Liberal Legal Remedies to Address Racial Disparities in Police Violence • Amy Farrell, Patricia Warren, and Shea Cronin3. Situational Prevention of Wildlife Crimes: The Policy Challenges • Ronald V. Clarke, Justin Kurland, and Lauren Wilson4. Global Warming and Criminological Theory and Practice • Rob White5. Toward a Life-Course Theory of Victimization • Jillian J. Turanovic6. Translating Theories of Desistance to Policy • Megan Kurlychek and Megan Denver7. From Hot Spots to a Theory of Place • Cody Telep and David Weisburd8. Aligning Public Policy, Criminological Theory, and Empirical Findings on the Immigration-Crime Relationship • Glenn Trager and Charis E. Kubrin9. Mass Shootings: A New Name for a Familiar Problem • Grant Duwe Part II Theories of the Criminal Justice SystemIntroduction to Part II10. A Theory of Offender Recidivism • Daniel P. Mears and Jillian J. Turanovic11. An Integrated, Reflexive Theory of Police Misconduct • Natalie Todak and Michael D. White12. Sentencing Disparity: A Focus on Race and Ethnicity • Cassia Spohn13. Intergenerational Effects of Crime and Punishment • Kathleen Powell and Sara Wakefield14. R-e-s-p-e-c-t: Communities of Color and the Criminal Justice System • Rod K. Brunson and Michelle N. Block15. Organizational Change and Criminal Justice: Working within the Iron Cage • Danielle Rudes and Shannon Magnuson16. Gun Policy • Jennifer Carlson17. Thinking Outside the Prison Walls: The Value of the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program to Solve Old Problems • Kevin A. Wright and Cheryl Lero Jonson18. Toward a Theory of Mental Illness and Crime • Robert D. Morgan and Robert K. AxConclusion: When Theory Fails • Scott H. Decker Contributors Index
£26.99
University of Toronto Press Victimology
Book SynopsisWritten by one of the world's leading experts on victimology, this book is designed to offer a broad introduction to the subject.Trade Review"Wemmers work verily reaches to the core of what is possible in our common law system, when human rights becomes the foundation upon which we address and articulate justice. Each chapter in Victimology: A Canadian Perspective is a precious and provocative piece replete with information that can prove a rich guide for first-time readers and seasoned researchers in the field of victimology." -- Margot Van Sluytman, The Sawbonna Project * Justice Report *"[Wemmers] has assembled an accessible, efficient introduction to her topic of expertise and provides, along the way, insight that sparks interest for greater exploration. This publication comes at a time when Canada is looking for responses to urgent questions about victims’ needs in a legal system that may have fallen behind the times. Victimology is certain to be used in many fields." -- Jake Babad, Osgoode Hall Law School * Osgoode Hall Law Journal, vol 55 *"Wemmers’ Victimology: A Canadian Perspective is essential reading for those interested in victims of crime in all their dynamism – theoretically, politically, and within the disciplines. However, Wemmers takes this further by providing a powerful analysis of structural and institutional reform, through the emerging human rights instruments that place victim rights firmly on the policy agenda. Bringing together a volume of this kind is no small feat, internationally significant, but with obvious relevance to those especially interested in Canada’s justice response." -- Tyrone Kirchengast, Sydney Law School, University of Sydney * International Review of Victimology *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations 1. Evolution of the Notion of Crime Victim 2. History of Victimology 3. Victimization Surveys 4. The Impact of Victimization 5. Theoretical Victimology 6. Victims' Needs and Secondary Victimization 7. Victims' Rights 8. Victim Assistance 9. State Compensation 10. Victim Participation in the Criminal Justice Process 11. Reparative Justice 12. Integrating Victims in Criminal Justice Appendix 1 UN Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power Appendix 2 Canadian Victims' Bill of Rights Appendix 3 Victim Compensation Programs across Canada Appendix 4 Victim Impact Statement Glossary References Laws Cited in the Text Index
£81.60
Bristol University Press Key Issues in Corrections
Book SynopsisKey Issues in Corrections critically analyzes the most important challenges affecting the correctional system in the USA, offering a no-nonsense explanation of the problems of correctional officers, correctional managers, prisoners, and the public.Trade Review“The updated and thoroughly revised book does an excellent job of analyzing the contemporary challenges in the field of corrections and suggesting meaningful and realistic solutions to them. Moreover, unlike standard textbooks, Key Issues in Corrections, because of the way it is researched, written, and organized is easy to build a course around. The problems and solutions approach will facilitate classroom discussion, and provide the opportunity to integrate supplementary articles that would allow for further reading.” Rick Jones, Criminologist, Marquette University, co-author of Doing Time: Prison Experience and Identity Among First-Time Inmates"This is one corrections textbook where the author takes the reader inside the fence and behind the wall and does not candy coat the truth. Ross writes with eyes wide open." Stephen C. Richards, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin, OshkoshTable of ContentsPart 1: Laying the groundwork; What Is Corrections and What Are Its Problems?; Misrepresenting Corrections; Part 2: Problems for convicts and correctional facilities; Misuse of Jails; Underfunding; Prison Conditions; Classification/Risk Assessment; Special Populations behind bars; Rehabilitation of Prisoners; Overburdened Community Corrections System; Crowding/Overcrowding; Death Penalty; Part 3: Problems for correctional officers and administrators; Hiring Standards, Requirements, Practices, and Training; Working Conditions; Correctional Officer Deviance; Officer Pay and Workload; Management and Administration; The Privatization of Corrections; The Future of Corrections.
£75.99
Bristol University Press Key Issues in Corrections
Book SynopsisKey Issues in Corrections critically analyzes the most important challenges affecting the correctional system in the USA, offering a no-nonsense explanation of the problems of correctional officers, correctional managers, prisoners, and the public.Trade Review“The updated and thoroughly revised book does an excellent job of analyzing the contemporary challenges in the field of corrections and suggesting meaningful and realistic solutions to them. Moreover, unlike standard textbooks, Key Issues in Corrections, because of the way it is researched, written, and organized is easy to build a course around. The problems and solutions approach will facilitate classroom discussion, and provide the opportunity to integrate supplementary articles that would allow for further reading.” Rick Jones, Criminologist, Marquette University, co-author of Doing Time: Prison Experience and Identity Among First-Time Inmates"This is one corrections textbook where the author takes the reader inside the fence and behind the wall and does not candy coat the truth. Ross writes with eyes wide open." Stephen C. Richards, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin, OshkoshTable of ContentsPart 1: Laying the groundwork; What Is Corrections and What Are Its Problems?; Misrepresenting Corrections; Part 2: Problems for convicts and correctional facilities; Misuse of Jails; Underfunding; Prison Conditions; Classification/Risk Assessment; Special Populations behind bars; Rehabilitation of Prisoners; Overburdened Community Corrections System; Crowding/Overcrowding; Death Penalty; Part 3: Problems for correctional officers and administrators; Hiring Standards, Requirements, Practices, and Training; Working Conditions; Correctional Officer Deviance; Officer Pay and Workload; Management and Administration; The Privatization of Corrections; The Future of Corrections.
£25.64
Bristol University Press Imprisonment Worldwide
Book SynopsisProviding a comprehensive account of prison populations worldwide, this new work links prison statistics from the last 15 years with considerations of how prisons and prison populations are managed. It is a major contribution to the knowledge of those currently debating prisons and the use of imprisonment.Trade Review"In this timely book, the authors outline a moral framework stating clearly and succinctly what needs to be done. Sustainable justice requires less emphasis on imprisonment and more on human and social development." Alison Liebling, Cambridge University"Imagine a world with more and more prisons. Imagine failing prisons, brutal and broken prisons. This is the world of Coyle and Co’s book. It shouldn’t be an easy read, but it is eminently readable. It asks urgent questions about the ethics of imprisonment that challenge us imagine something else, something better." Rod Earle, The Open University"The welcome publication of this excellent and thought provoking book will inform governments and parliaments worldwide about the limited role of imprisonment." Lord David Ramsbotham, Member of the UK House of Lords and former Chief Inspector of Prisons for England and Wales“At a time when we are expecting significant change to public services including the criminal justice system, this vital tool for practitioners, academics and students provides a source of inspiration and a substantial body of evidence from around the world.” Frances Crook, CEO, The Howard League for Penal Reform"Comprehensive, concise, ethically informed, and attuned to future possibilities—A must read for penologists the world over." Robert Johnson, Professor of Justice, Law and Criminology, American University"A lovely little book. A great resource for anyone who wants the key information on imprisonment around the world." Richard Garside, Director, Centre for Crime and Justice Studies"This volume raises provocative questions about prisons and the imprisoned" - CHOICE reviewTable of ContentsIntroduction; Section I: Prisons and the use of imprisonment: numbers and trends; Numbers of prisoners worldwide; Composition of prison populations worldwide; Prison population trends; Section II: An ethical approach to the use of imprisonment; What constitutes an ethical approach to the use of imprisonment?; Features of an ethical approach to the use of imprisonment; Challenges to an ethical approach to the use of imprisonment; Section III: An alternative future; Rethinking prisons and the use of imprisonment; Conclusion.
£13.38
Bristol University Press Solitary Confinement
Book SynopsisThis book is the first to consider the history of solitary confinement and how it is experienced by the individuals undergoing it. It provides first-hand accounts of the inhumane experience of solitary confinement to provide a better appreciation of the relationship between penal strategy and its effect on human beings.Trade Review“Traces the historical development of the use of solitary confinement in the United States, and describes personal accounts of individuals who have experienced this type of confinement in order to challenge its continued use in the modern age.” Ryan M. Labrecque, Portland State University"Reveals the psychological harm caused by solitary confinement and critically examines the philosophical assumptions surrounding this extreme and cruel form of punishment....an insightful and important study." James Hardie-Bick, University of SussexTable of ContentsThe experience of solitary confinement: some beginning reflections A very brief history of solitary confinement and the supermax penitentiary The developmental history of solitary and supermax confinement: toward a phenomenology of the state of exception The Supreme Court, solitary confinement, and the prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment From the other side of the door: the lived experience of solitary confinement Some closing reflections
£25.64
Bristol University Press Degrees of Freedom
Book SynopsisThe first authoritative volume to look back on the last 50 years of The Open University providing higher education to those in prison, this unique book gives voice to ex-prisoners whose lives have been transformed by the education they received, offering vivid personal testimonies, reflective vignettes and academic analysis of education in prison.Trade Review"The life-changing impact of university access is evident throughout this book. Critical analysis and questioning minds expose the pains of incarceration, the hypocrisy of rehabilitation. Tutors and students together ease those pains, challenge that hypocrisy.' Phil Scraton, Queen's University"This important book documents the vital work done by The Open University in the development of prison education and provides valuable insights into the positive impact of this work upon individual prisoners." Ivana Bacik, Trinity College DublinTable of ContentsOpenings and Introductions: Education for the many, prison for the few ~ Rod Earle and James Mehigan From Prisoner to Student ~ Anne Pike and Ruth McFarlane Vignette 1: Choosing my journey – Kamal Abdul Pioneers and Politics: Open University Journeys in British and Irish prisons in Long Kesh during the years of conflict 1972-1975 ~ Philip O’Sullivan & Gabi Kent Vignette 2: Avoiding the mind-numbing vortex of drivel … – Thomas A University Without Walls ~ Dan Weinbren Vignette 3: Starting a new chapter – Mr C.T. Morgans Open universities, close prisons: critical arguments for the future ~ Rod Earle & James Mehigan Vignette 4: Out of the abysmal – ‘Eris’ The Light to Fight The Shadows: On Education as Liberation ~ Kris McPherson From Despair to Hope ~ Margaret Gough Vignette 5: Making my commitment – Razib Quraishi Straight up! From HMP to PhD ~ Stephen Akpabio-Klementowski From Open University in Prison to Convict Criminology Upon Release: Mind the Gap ~ Michael Irwin Vignette 6: Message to a prisoner – Gordon McDonald From the School of Hard Knocks to the University of Hard Locks ~ Abdulhaq Al-Wazeer Becoming Me with The Open University ~ Edwin Screeche-Powell Vignette 7: Catching up with Kafka – Steven Taylor From D102 to Paulo Freire: an Irish Journey ~ Laurence McKeown Vignette 8: My journey, my new life – Dan Micklethwaite Ex-prisoners and the transformative power of higher education ~ David Honeywell Vignette 9: Prison choices: taking a degree or packing tea? – Alan Jermey What the OU did for me ~ Erwin James Appendix 1: Study with the OU
£75.99
Bristol University Press Degrees of Freedom
Book SynopsisThe first authoritative volume to look back on the last 50 years of The Open University providing higher education to those in prison, this unique book gives voice to ex-prisoners whose lives have been transformed by the education they received, offering vivid personal testimonies, reflective vignettes and academic analysis of education in prison.Trade Review'This important book documents the vital work done by the Open University in the development of prison education and provides valuable insights into the positive impact of this work upon individual prisoners.' Ivana Bacik, Trinity College DublinTable of ContentsOpenings and Introductions: Education for the many, prison for the few ~ Rod Earle and James Mehigan From Prisoner to Student ~ Anne Pike and Ruth McFarlane Vignette 1: Choosing my journey – Kamal Abdul Pioneers and Politics: Open University Journeys in British and Irish prisons in Long Kesh during the years of conflict 1972-1975 ~ Philip O’Sullivan & Gabi Kent Vignette 2: Avoiding the mind-numbing vortex of drivel … – Thomas A University Without Walls ~ Dan Weinbren Vignette 3: Starting a new chapter – Mr C.T. Morgans Open universities, close prisons: critical arguments for the future ~ Rod Earle & James Mehigan Vignette 4: Out of the abysmal – ‘Eris’ The Light to Fight The Shadows: On Education as Liberation ~ Kris McPherson From Despair to Hope ~ Margaret Gough Vignette 5: Making my commitment – Razib Quraishi Straight up! From HMP to PhD ~ Stephen Akpabio-Klementowski From Open University in Prison to Convict Criminology Upon Release: Mind the Gap ~ Michael Irwin Vignette 6: Message to a prisoner – Gordon McDonald From the School of Hard Knocks to the University of Hard Locks ~ Abdulhaq Al-Wazeer Becoming Me with The Open University ~ Edwin Screeche-Powell Vignette 7: Catching up with Kafka – Steven Taylor From D102 to Paulo Freire: an Irish Journey ~ Laurence McKeown Vignette 8: My journey, my new life – Dan Micklethwaite Ex-prisoners and the transformative power of higher education ~ David Honeywell Vignette 9: Prison choices: taking a degree or packing tea? – Alan Jermey What the OU did for me ~ Erwin James Appendix 1: Study with the OU
£27.54
Bristol University Press Investigating Corruption in the Afghan Police
Book SynopsisBased on unprecedented empirical research, this book assesses how institutional legacy and external intervention have shaped the structural conditions of corruption in the Afghan police force and state. Filling a major gap in the literature, this is an invaluable contribution to the literature and to anti-corruption policy in developing states.Table of ContentsIntroduction Definitions and Typologies of Police Corruption Preventing Police Corruption Security Sector Reform, Post-conflict Reconstruction and Police Corruption in Post-conflict States Political, Economic and Cultural Drivers of Police Corruption Corruption in Afghanistan: External Intervention and Institutional Legacy Social Construction of Corruption Assessing the Drivers of Corruption Within the Afghan Police Force Prevention Strategies in Afghanistan Conclusions
£77.39
Bristol University Press Critical Reflections on Women Family Crime and
Book SynopsisDrawing on research from the Women, Family, Crime and Justice research network, this collection sheds new light on the experiences of women and families who encounter the UK criminal justice system. Contributions demonstrate how these groups are often ignored, oppressed and victimised, and offer insights and practical recommendations for change.Table of ContentsForeword: critical reflections from the Women, Family, Crime and Justice network - Jenny Earle 1. Starting the conversation: an introduction to the WFCJ network - Isla Masson and Natalie Booth 2. Playing the game: women and community punishment - Nicola Harding 3. Harmful social and cultural practices that exist within South Asian communities in the UK and their impact on women - Zinthiya Ganeshpanchan and Isla Masson 4. Exploring shame, love and healing within women’s recovery: an analysis of a trauma-specific intervention - Alexandria Bradley, Kirsty Day and Rose Mahon 5. Reducing the enduring harm of short terms of imprisonment - Isla Masson 6. ‘Without it you’re lost’: examining the role and challenges of family engagement services in prisons - Erin Power 7. What are the challenges and opportunities for schools in supporting children of people in prison? - Anna Jones 8. Impact and engagement work in the context of families of people in prison - Anna Kotova 9. Presence, voice and reflexivity in feminist and creative research: a personal and professional reflection - Lucy Baldwin 10. Service users being used: thoughts to the research community - Michaela Booth and Paula Harriott 11. Continuing the conversation: reflections from the Women, Family, Crime and Justice network - Lucy Baldwin, Isla Masson and Natalie Booth
£76.50
Bristol University Press Critical Reflections on Women Family Crime and
Book SynopsisDrawing on research from the Women, Family, Crime and Justice research network, this collection sheds new light on the experiences of women and families who encounter the UK criminal justice system. Contributions demonstrate how these groups are often ignored, oppressed and victimised, and offer insights and practical recommendations for change.Table of ContentsForeword: critical reflections from the Women, Family, Crime and Justice network - Jenny Earle 1. Starting the conversation: an introduction to the WFCJ network - Isla Masson and Natalie Booth 2. Playing the game: women and community punishment - Nicola Harding 3. Harmful social and cultural practices that exist within South Asian communities in the UK and their impact on women - Zinthiya Ganeshpanchan and Isla Masson 4. Exploring shame, love and healing within women’s recovery: an analysis of a trauma-specific intervention - Alexandria Bradley, Kirsty Day and Rose Mahon 5. Reducing the enduring harm of short terms of imprisonment - Isla Masson 6. ‘Without it you’re lost’: examining the role and challenges of family engagement services in prisons - Erin Power 7. What are the challenges and opportunities for schools in supporting children of people in prison? - Anna Jones 8. Impact and engagement work in the context of families of people in prison - Anna Kotova 9. Presence, voice and reflexivity in feminist and creative research: a personal and professional reflection - Lucy Baldwin 10. Service users being used: thoughts to the research community - Michaela Booth and Paula Harriott 11. Continuing the conversation: reflections from the Women, Family, Crime and Justice network - Lucy Baldwin, Isla Masson and Natalie Booth
£25.64
MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina Living by Inches The Smells Sounds Tastes and Feeling of Captivity in Civil War Prisons
Book SynopsisFrom battlefields, boxcars, and forgotten warehouses to notorious prison camps, prisoners seemed to be everywhere during the American Civil War. Living by Inches is the first book to examine how imprisoned men in the Civil War perceived captivity through the basic building blocks of human experience - their five senses.
£73.50
MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina We Are Not Slaves State Violence Coerced Labor and Prisoners Rights in Postwar America
Book SynopsisTold from the vantage point of the prisoners themselves, this book weaves together untold but devastatingly important truths from the histories of labour, civil rights, and politics in the United States as it narrates the transition from prison plantations of the past to the mass incarceration of today.
£27.96
MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina From Asylum to Prison Deinstitutionalization and
Book SynopsisRecasts the political narrative of the late twentieth century, as Anne Parsons charts how the politics of mass incarceration shaped the deinstitutionalization of psychiatric hospitals and mental health policy making. In doing so, she offers insight into how the prison took the place of the asylum, shaping the rise of the prison industrial complex.
£26.36
Duke University Press A Wall Is Just a Wall
Book SynopsisFocusing on gubernatorial clemency, furlough, and conjugal visits in states ranging from Mississippi to Massachusetts, Reiko Hillyer examines the origins and decline of practices that allowed incarcerated people to occasionally experience life beyond prison walls.Trade Review“Drawing on meticulous research and amplifying the voices of prisoners and their families and advocates, A Wall Is Just a Wall is materialist history at its best. Reiko Hillyer’s beautifully narrated historical lessons and analyses of the contested sites of clemency, conjugal visitation, and furlough policies spur us to newly imagine the porosity of prison walls and, ultimately, prison abolition as justice long overdue.” -- Sora Y. Han, author of * Letters of the Law: Race and the Fantasy of Colorblindness in American Law *"In this impressive study, historian Hillyer documents the relative openness of American prisons in the early 20th century and the subsequent 'thickening and hardening of prison walls.' . . . This thorough work of historical scholarship draws extensively on inmate newspapers to provide an eye-opening look at the high value prisoners placed on family visits, furlough, and the possibility of clemency, making their cancellation its own form of psychological punishment. Readers concerned by mass incarceration should take note." * Publishers Weekly *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction 1 Part I. The Boundaries of Mercy: Clemency, Jim Crow, and Mass Incarceration 1. Clemency in the Age of Jim Crow: Mercy and White Supremacy 27 2. Freedom Struggles: Clemency Hangs in the Balance in the Wake of the Civil Rights Movement 46 3. The House of the Dying: The Decline of Clemency under the New Jim Crow 65 Part II. Strange Bedfellows: Conjugal Visits, Belonging, and Social Death 4. Southern Hospitality: The Rise of Conjugal Visits 89 5. “It’s Something We Must Do”: The National Reach of Conjugal Visits 109 6. “Daddy Is in Prison”: The Decline of Conjugal Visits and the Strange Career of Family Values 129 Part III. Weekend Passes: Furloughs and the Risks of Freedom 7. “To Rub Elbows with Freedom”: Temporary Release in the Jim Crow South 13 8. Conquering Prison Walls: Furloughs at the Crossroads of the Rehabilitative Ideal 174 9. The End of Redemption: Willie Horton and Moral Panic 194 Epilogue 213 Notes 229 Bibliography 303 Index 335
£81.90
Duke University Press A Wall Is Just a Wall
Book SynopsisFocusing on gubernatorial clemency, furlough, and conjugal visits in states ranging from Mississippi to Massachusetts, Reiko Hillyer examines the origins and decline of practices that allowed incarcerated people to occasionally experience life beyond prison walls.Trade Review“Drawing on meticulous research and amplifying the voices of prisoners and their families and advocates, A Wall Is Just a Wall is materialist history at its best. Reiko Hillyer’s beautifully narrated historical lessons and analyses of the contested sites of clemency, conjugal visitation, and furlough policies spur us to newly imagine the porosity of prison walls and, ultimately, prison abolition as justice long overdue.” -- Sora Y. Han, author of * Letters of the Law: Race and the Fantasy of Colorblindness in American Law *"In this impressive study, historian Hillyer documents the relative openness of American prisons in the early 20th century and the subsequent 'thickening and hardening of prison walls.' . . . This thorough work of historical scholarship draws extensively on inmate newspapers to provide an eye-opening look at the high value prisoners placed on family visits, furlough, and the possibility of clemency, making their cancellation its own form of psychological punishment. Readers concerned by mass incarceration should take note." * Publishers Weekly *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction 1 Part I. The Boundaries of Mercy: Clemency, Jim Crow, and Mass Incarceration 1. Clemency in the Age of Jim Crow: Mercy and White Supremacy 27 2. Freedom Struggles: Clemency Hangs in the Balance in the Wake of the Civil Rights Movement 46 3. The House of the Dying: The Decline of Clemency under the New Jim Crow 65 Part II. Strange Bedfellows: Conjugal Visits, Belonging, and Social Death 4. Southern Hospitality: The Rise of Conjugal Visits 89 5. “It’s Something We Must Do”: The National Reach of Conjugal Visits 109 6. “Daddy Is in Prison”: The Decline of Conjugal Visits and the Strange Career of Family Values 129 Part III. Weekend Passes: Furloughs and the Risks of Freedom 7. “To Rub Elbows with Freedom”: Temporary Release in the Jim Crow South 13 8. Conquering Prison Walls: Furloughs at the Crossroads of the Rehabilitative Ideal 174 9. The End of Redemption: Willie Horton and Moral Panic 194 Epilogue 213 Notes 229 Bibliography 303 Index 335
£21.59
New York University Press Outlaw Women
Book SynopsisA journey into the experiences of incarcerated women in rural areas, revealing how location can reinforce gendered violenceIncarceration is all too often depicted as an urban problem, a male problem, a problem that disproportionately affects people of color. This book, however, takes readers to the heart of the struggles of the outlaw women of the rural West, considering how poverty and gendered violence overlap to keep women literally and figuratively imprisoned. Outlaw Women examines the forces that shape women's experiences of incarceration and release from prison in the remote, predominantly white communities that many Americans still think of as the Western frontier. Drawing on dozens of interviews with women in the state of Wyoming who were incarcerated or on parole, the authors provide an in-depth examination of women's perceptions of their lives before, during, and after imprisonment. Considering cultural mores specific to the rural West, the authors identify the forces that coTrade ReviewA unique, readable, lengthy study of female incarceration in the Wyoming women's prison, one of 67 state women's prisons in the US. * Choice *
£66.60
New York University Press Americas Jails
Book SynopsisA look at the contemporary crisis in U.S. jails with recommendations for improving and protecting the dignity of inmates Twelve million Americans go through the U.S. jail system on an annual basis. Jails, which differ significantly from prisons, are designed to house inmates for short amounts of time, and are often occupied by large populations of legally innocent people waiting for a trial. Jails often have deplorable sanitary conditions, and there are countless records of inmates being brutalized by staff and other inmates while in custody. Local municipalities use jails to institutionalize those whom they perceive to be a threat, so hundreds of thousands of inmates suffer from mental illness. People abandoned by families or lacking health insurance, or those who cannot afford bail, often cycle in and out of jails. In America's Jails, Derek Jeffreys draws on sociology, philosophy, history, and his personal experience volunteering in jails and prisons to prTrade ReviewAmerica's Jails is a rich and thoughtful book. A powerful condemnation of America's jail system, but more than that, a plea to reset the starting point for reform. Jeffreys' call to bring ethics into the policy debate and to ground change in a shared recognition of the inherent dignity of those incarcerated is a challenge to us all. -- Sharon Shalev,Author of Supermax: Controlling Risk Through Solitary ConfinementIn this groundbreaking book, Derek Jeffreys demonstrates why the inhabitants of Americas troubled jails are endowed with human dignity. Written by a scholar who has deep knowledge of philosophy and of jails, this work makes a unique contribution. -- Michael B. Mushlin,Author of Rights of Prisoners, Fifth EditionJeffreys provides a cogent and highly credible explanation for why American jails are brutal places where humanity is in short order. But it is his argument that all peopleincluding the jailed detaineepossess inalienable inherent dignity that renders his book a powerful and important addition to modern criminal justice scholarship. . . . We must not, urges Jeffreys, accept the assault on human dignity" that takes place every day in our jails and prisons. * New York Journal of Books *This book is simultaneously a study of detention in the Cook County Department of Corrections, Chicago, and an argument for significant reform of ‘systemic issues’ nationwide. Jeffrey focuses on the role of jails in both containing and exacerbating social senses of ‘disgust, contempt, and fear’ such that incarceration produces a ‘stigma that deeply damages the lives of jail inmates and ex-offenders,’ the overwhelming number of whom are locked away for non-violent offenses. -- Spencer Dew, Wittenberg University * Religious Studies Review *Jeffreys’s book allows for a unique, interdisciplinary perspective in understanding American jails and highlights the plight of inmates and considers philosophical questions about human dignity in U.S. jails. It will appeal to a wide range of audiences, including policymakers, lawyers, academics, correctional officers, journalists and medical professionals working within correctional institutions. * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *
£23.74
New York University Press Exonerated
Book SynopsisThe fascinating story behind the innocence movement's quest for justice. Documentaries like Making a Murderer, the first season of Serial, and the cause célèbre that was the West Memphis Three captured the attention of millions and focused the national discussion on wrongful convictions. This interest is warranted: more than 1,800 people have been set free in recent decades after being convicted of crimes they did not commit. In response to these exonerations, federal and state governments have passed laws to prevent such injustices; lawyers and police have changed their practices; and advocacy organizations have multiplied across the country. Together, these activities are often referred to as the innocence movement. Exonerated provides the first in-depth look at the history of this movement through interviews with key leaders such as Barry Scheck and Rob Warden as well as archival and field research into the major cases that brought awareness to wrongful convictions in the United STrade Review"[An] informative overview of the development of the innocence movement...A useful contribution to an important national conversation about crime and punishment." * Kirkus Reviews *"Exoneratedis the first complete and authentic history of the innocence movement. Robert J. Norris shows us how it came into being and how it evolved over the decades. He also shines light on the issues involved and the challenges the movement faces. With his unmatched academic credential, Norris has written a book that will benefit both students and experts of innocence movement." * The Washington Book Review *"Exonerated delineates the origin story of the “innocence movement,” a highly publicized pivot in legal circles in the late twentieth century toward the wrongful conviction of innocent persons. Robert J. Norris focuses mostly on the key players involved in the early days of using forensic DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) to exonerate innocents … Exonerated draws on social movements theory to explain in terms of political opportunities for legal reform, local actions of individuals and organizations, and the ways key players framed innocence to bolster its legitimacy." -- The Journal of American History"It (is) a valuable window into the effect of many factors that drive the criminal justice system (race, class, and gender) but not necessarily a means of addressing them. This careful attention to grounding his history makes the book a valuable reference for social scientists, graduate students, and anyone seeking to understand the dynamics of change in the legal system." * International Criminal Justice Review *"This work is readily accessible to most adult audiences, and is especially recommended for all college, university, and seminary libraries." * Catholic Library World *"Robert J. Norris book,Exonerated,is the first complete and exhaustive treatment of the [innocence] movement itself. The book offers a deep dive. The fact that it is nonetheless eminently readable speaks to Norriss ability to merge impressive scholarship and research with fascinating stories, interesting interviews and anecdotal information. The result is an impressive history layered over with entertaining color." * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Book Reviews *"Exonerated is the definitive account of how the innocence movement transformed public views about the everyday fallibility of the American criminal justice system in the late 20th century, and why preventing the wrongful convictions of the factually innocent remains more important than ever in the 21st century." -- Richard A. Leo,author, The Wrong Guys: Murder, False Confessions and the Norfolk Four"Exonerated is the first serious, thorough history of the modern innocence movement. A major, innovative contribution to the scholarship on wrongful convictions and a true delight to read." -- Daniel S. Medwed,author, Prosecution Complex: America’s Race to Convict and Its Impact on the Innocent"A timely and important new contribution to the literature, Exonerated is both an accessible history of the recent history of wrongful convictions, and a much needed analysis of the innocence movement as a social movement." -- Simon A. Cole,author, Suspect Identities: A History of Fingerprinting and Criminal Identification"Carefully researched and elegantly written, this book calls attention to the importance of wrongful convictions for the death penalty and beyond. It shows how the criminal justice system is at the heart of efforts to achieve social justice. This is an important book." -- Sister Helen Prejean,author, Dead Man Walking and The Death of Innocents
£20.89
New York University Press The Sex Offender Housing Dilemma
Book SynopsisThe controversy surrounding community responses to housing for sexually violent predators When a South Carolina couple killed a registered sex offender and his wife after they moved into their neighborhood in 2013, the story exposed an extreme and relatively rare instance of violence against sex offenders. While media accounts would have us believe that vigilantes across the country lie in wait for predators who move into their neighborhoods, responses to sex offenders more often involve collective campaigns that direct outrage toward political and criminal justice systems. No community wants a sex offender in its midst, but instead of vigilantism, Monica Williams argues, citizens often leverage moral, political, and/or legal authority to keep these offenders out of local neighborhoods. Her book, the culmination of four years of research, 70 in-depth interviews, participant observations, and studies of numerous media sources, reveals the origins and characteTrade Review"Monica Williams intervenes in an intense debate over whether litigation or politics is the most effective way to pursue social change and what leads so many social movements to choose courts. By identifying both empowerment and experience as factors that shape these choices, Williams is developing a theoretical approach to rights mobilization that will have plenty of application outside the criminal field...Impressive work" -- Jonathan Simon,Author of Mass Incarceration on Trial: A Remarkable Court Decision and the Future of Prisons in A"Readers are invited into community meetings to hear directly from citizens and activists who seek to influence an aspect of public policy that is often ignored: the siting of released sex offenders. Taking nothing for granted, Monica Williams compares three communities in order to show the way social mobilization is shaped by context and orientations to authority. The ethnographic work is truly outstanding and the analysis is keen. The Sex Offender Housing Dilemma is a remarkable account of how communities respond to sex offender placements and should renew scholarly interest in how punishment and democracy play out locally." -- Chrysanthi S. Leon,Author of Sex Fiends, Perverts, and Pedophiles: Understanding Sex Crime Policy in America
£23.74
New York University Press Coal Cages Crisis
Book SynopsisHow prisons became economic development strategies for rural Appalachian communitiesAs the United States began the project of mass incarceration, rural communities turned to building prisons as a strategy for economic development. More than 350 prisons have been built in the U.S. since 1980, with certain regions of the country accounting for large shares of this dramatic growth. Central Appalachia is one such region; there are eight prisons alone in Eastern Kentucky. If Kentucky were its own country, it would have the seventh highest incarceration rate in the world. In Coal, Cages, Crisis, Judah Schept takes a closer look at this stunning phenomenon, providing insight into prison growth, jail expansion and rising incarceration rates in America's hinterlands. Drawing on interviews, site visits, and archival research, Schept traces recent prison growth in the region to the rapid decline of its coal industry. He takes us inside this startling transformation occurring in the coalfields, whTrade ReviewAgainst the many reductionist, exploitative, and degrading accounts of Appalachia, this book reveals how important it is to understand the region’s drive toward prisons and jails as part of a larger history, geography, and narrative of continuous extraction and structural crisis, one that was never inevitable but socially reproduced through carceral investments. Coal, Cages, Crisis is essential reading in this moment of reckoning, proving our analyses of racial capital in the rural hinterlands is foundational to struggles in the movement against prisons everywhere. -- Michelle Brown, co-author of Criminology Goes to the Movies: Crime Theory and Popular CultureThrough the churn of extraction and profiteering, disposal and human sacrifice, the mountains of Appalachia have become a kind of national sacrifice zone, home to coal mines, garbage dumps, and cages. Judah Schept’s brilliant book nests rigorously local Appalachian history within the global system of racial capitalism that is devouring the planet. As jails and prisons proliferate across the coalfields, Schept tells us what was there before so we will remember to ask that crucial abolitionist question—what might be there instead? -- Naomi Murakawa, author of The First Civil Right: How Liberals Built Prison AmericaJudah Schept sketches a fascinating topography of class war and the carceral state in Appalachia. He boldly shifts focus from the criminal policies and physical prisons of the region to the infrastructures of extraction and disposal that have facilitated mass incarceration. This imaginative interdisciplinary study will be a critical resource for scholars and organizers as well as for pundits trying to make sense of Appalachia’s now mythologized ‘white working class.’ -- Christina Heatherton, co-editor of Policing the Planet: Why the Policing Crisis Led to Black Lives MatterCoal, Cages, Crisis is a model of carceral geography that combines investigative journalism, unabashed activism, and multi-layered analysis. Jill Frank’s stark photography illuminates a bleak landscape, while Schept excavates its buried past. -- Tony Platt, author of Beyond These Walls: Rethinking Crime and Punishment in the United StatesThe primary insight guiding Coal, Cages, and Crisis is that the carceral facility is part of an ensemble of social relations extending far beyond its walls, in networks of local, state, and federal punishment, the global landscape of commodity exchange, and even the unique historical moment in which it exists. As Schept deftly demonstrates, the site selection, construction, staffing, filling, and subsequent management of prisons and jails is not simply the narrow domain of the misnamed ‘justice system,’ reflecting its needs, nor are prisons and punishment regimes simply deployed in response to changing levels of ‘crime,’ as conservative criminologists argue. Instead, understanding why prisons are built, and filled, requires a close look at local patterns of employment, relations of private property, histories of structural racism, and the political and cultural arenas in which regimes of prison construction and ‘tough on crime’ policies alike are fought out … Time and again, Coal, Cages, Crisis strives to communicate that mass incarceration is not natural or inevitable, and depicts plenty of locals who prove that another way of life is not only possible, but in demand. * The Brooklyn Rail *Drawing on interviews, site visits, and archival research, Schept links prison growth to other sites in the Central Appalachian landscape—coal mines, coal waste, landfills, and incinerators. He concludes that the prison boom has less to do with crime and punishment and much more with the overall extraction, depletion, and waste disposal processes that characterize dominant development strategies for the region. * Law and Social Inquiry *Through this interdisciplinary study of the rural prison boom, Schept provides an invaluable state of the field in carceral and Appalachian studies, using the lens of racial capitalism to interpret the region’s complex identity. He also gives an innovative model for the use of blended oral and archival historical methods to study deep historical processes that manifest in the recent past. * The Journal of Southern History *Prisons have proven to be unsafe and costly to operate and, as a result, many in this region have been closing at a rapid rate.…Highly recommended. Advanced undergraduates through faculty. -- E. Smith, University of Delaware * CHOICE *
£73.80
New York University Press The Punishment Imperative
Book SynopsisClear and Frost chart the rise of penal severity in the U.S. and the forces necessary to end itOver the last 40 years, the US penal system has grown at an unprecedented ratefive times larger than in the past and grossly out of scale with the rest of the world. In The Punishment Imperative, eminent criminologists Todd R. Clear and Natasha A. Frost argue that America's move to mass incarceration from the 1960s to the early 2000s was more than just a response to crime or a collection of policies adopted in isolation; it was a grand social experiment. Tracing a wide array of trends related to the criminal justice system, this book charts the rise of penal severity in America and speculates that a variety of forcesfiscal, political, and evidentiaryhave finally come together to bring this great social experiment to an end. The authors stress that while the doubling of the crime rate in the late 1960s represented one of the most pressing social problems at the time, it was instead the way criTrade Review"Criminologists Clear (Imprisoning Communities) and Frost (The Punitive State) offer an accessible study of mass incarceration in the U.S. that is theoretically sophisticated and rich in statistical data . . . . A meticulously organized concluding chapter lays out their proposals with an eye toward reducing sentences and making them more humane for nonviolent offenders. The book merits serious consideration beyond an academic audience." * Publishers Weekly *"This short, efficiently conveyed study cannot delve into all of the ramifications of how to integrate those returning to society, however,The Punishment Imperativeattests to the need for a better way to manage the millions that our nation have, for too long, relegated to simply lock up, forever." * Popmatters *"Backed up by the best science, Todd Clear and Natasha Frost make a compelling case for why the nations forty-year embrace of the punitive spirit has been morally bankrupt and endangered public safety. But this is far more than an exposé of correctional failure. Recognizing that a policy turning point is at hand, Clear and Frost provide a practical blueprint for choosing a different correctional futurecounsel that is wise and should be widely followed." -- Francis Cullen,Distinguished Research Professor of Criminal Justice, University of Cincinnati"For forty years, the heavy hammer of criminal punishment has been the nation's primary tool for addressing social problems. And when the hammer has failed to fix these problems or does further damage, we've responded by grabbing an even bigger hammer. In The Punishment Imperative, Todd Clear and Natasha Frost convincingly demonstrate that the hammer has, finally, become too heavy for us to raise. They offer a masterful dissection of this 'grand social experiment'; showing how we embarked on this strategy, its costs to individuals and communities, and a clear-headed path to real reform. The Punishment Imperative is neither armchair critique nor utopian vision, but rather an eye-opening and truly authoritative treatment by two true experts on punishment's past, present, and future." -- Christopher Uggen,co-author of Locked Out: Felon Disenfranchisement and American Democracy"It is too soon to tell if a sea of change is upon the US penal system, but the authors make their cogent argument in this well-written book. Summing Up:Highly recommended." -- P. Horne * Choice *"Part historical study, part forward-looking policy analysis, The Punishment Imperativeis a compelling study of a generation of crime and punishment in America." -- Douglas A. Berman * Sentencing Law and Policy *"This well-documented volume will interest anyone connected to our criminal justice system and may appeal to general readers concerned about the subject of incarceration." -- Frances O. Sandiford * Library Journal *"This compelling narrative helps us better understand the history, trajectory, and complexity of the politics of punishment in the United States over the past four decades. At a time of impending shifts in the correctional landscape in this country, this impressive volume should be on the reading list not only for scholars and students of mass incarceration, but also for corrections practitioners and policymakers everywhere who care about a new vision for America's penal system." -- Laurie O. Robinson,Former Assistant Attorney General of the United States Department of Justice"The book's 200 pages of details and its prescriptions will be intriguing even to those who know the field." * Jotwell *"Clear and Frost have helped start the most important conversation facing criminologists at the moment. How do we substantively reduce prison populations?" * Crime Law Social Change *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. The Beginning of the End of the Punishment Imperative 2. The Contours of Mass Incarceration 3. The Punishment Imperative as a Grand Social Experiment 4. The Policies of the Punishment Imperative 5. Two Views on the Objectives of the Punishment Imperative 6. Assessing the Punishment Imperative 7. Dismantling the Punishment Imperative Notes References Index About the Authors
£22.79
New York University Press Obamas Guantanamo
Book SynopsisThe U.S. detention center at Guantánamo Bay has become the symbol of an unprecedented detention system of global reach and immense power. Since the 9/11 attacks, the news has on an almost daily basis headlined stories of prisoners held indefinitely at Guantánamo without charge or trial, many of whom have been interrogated in violation of restrictions on torture and other abuse. These individuals, once labeled enemy combatants to eliminate legal restrictions on their treatment, have in numerous instances been subject to lawless renditions between prisons around the world. The lines between law enforcement and military action; crime and war; and the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of power have become dangerously blurred, and it is time to unpack the evolution and trajectory of these detentions to devise policies that restore the rule of law and due process. Obama's Guantánamo: Stories from an Enduring Prison describes President Obama's failure to close America's enduringTrade Review"Obama's Guantanamo...presents 14 essays from lawyers who work behind the scenes in the civilian habeas bar and the military commissions [that] make the case that Obama lost his way more than once when he had the chance to do the right thing, and retreated to the same failed positions of his predecessor." * Los Angeles Review of Books *"An alarming and important indictment of Obama's ineffectual approach to one of his signature campaign issues and of America's tarnished system of justice as a whole." * Kirkus Reviews *"These searing essays on the 'enduring prison' make an impressive follow up to The Guantanamo Lawyers, an earlier collection coedited by Hafetz...This book, from a legal perspective, looks deeply and insightfully into an American institution working in secret in the age of the War on Terror." * Publishers Weekly *"Jonathan Hafetz has done it again with Obama's Guantánamo. Picking up where The Guantánamo Lawyers left off, the book follows the depressing trajectory of the detentions over the course of the Obama administration, a period that began with high ideals and lofty rhetoric but, as chronicled in these stories, degenerated into a tale of Executive Branch irresolution and missed opportunities coupled with 'Guantánamo fatigue' on the part of the Supreme Court. The result was to leave the field to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which turned habeas corpus into a cruel joke, and Congress, which threw endless obstacles in President Obama's path. The precise timing and course of the endgame remains to be seen, although slowly but surely the prison population is dwindling, Spandau-like, to the point that even those most committed to keeping the place open will have to recognize how profligate and indefensible a waste of taxpayer resources it has become. Obama's Guantánamo helps ensure that the stories of the prisoners, their lawyers, and the public officials responsible for this overlong grim saga are remembered long after the doors are shuttered." -- Eugene R. Fidell,Yale University"This collection of essays reveals the many ways in which the Obama administration, Congress, and the courts have all failed the Guantánamo prisoners. Its publication comes at an important time, with just months for President Obama to fulfill his 2009 promise to close the prison for good. Everyone in a position of power and authority in the U.S. should pay attention to what the lawyers have to say." -- Andy Worthington,author of The Guantánamo Files: The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America’s Illegal Prison
£23.74
New York University Press Exonerated
Book SynopsisThe fascinating story behind the innocence movement's quest for justice. Documentaries like Making a Murderer, the first season of Serial, and the cause célèbre that was the West Memphis Three captured the attention of millions and focused the national discussion on wrongful convictions. This interest is warranted: more than 1,800 people have been set free in recent decades after being convicted of crimes they did not commit. In response to these exonerations, federal and state governments have passed laws to prevent such injustices; lawyers and police have changed their practices; and advocacy organizations have multiplied across the country. Together, these activities are often referred to as the innocence movement. Exonerated provides the first in-depth look at the history of this movement through interviews with key leaders such as Barry Scheck and Rob Warden as well as archival and field research into the major cases that brought awareness to wrongful convictions in the United STrade Review"[An] informative overview of the development of the innocence movement...A useful contribution to an important national conversation about crime and punishment." * Kirkus Reviews *"Exoneratedis the first complete and authentic history of the innocence movement. Robert J. Norris shows us how it came into being and how it evolved over the decades. He also shines light on the issues involved and the challenges the movement faces. With his unmatched academic credential, Norris has written a book that will benefit both students and experts of innocence movement." * The Washington Book Review *"Exonerated delineates the origin story of the “innocence movement,” a highly publicized pivot in legal circles in the late twentieth century toward the wrongful conviction of innocent persons. Robert J. Norris focuses mostly on the key players involved in the early days of using forensic DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) to exonerate innocents … Exonerated draws on social movements theory to explain in terms of political opportunities for legal reform, local actions of individuals and organizations, and the ways key players framed innocence to bolster its legitimacy." -- The Journal of American History"It (is) a valuable window into the effect of many factors that drive the criminal justice system (race, class, and gender) but not necessarily a means of addressing them. This careful attention to grounding his history makes the book a valuable reference for social scientists, graduate students, and anyone seeking to understand the dynamics of change in the legal system." * International Criminal Justice Review *"This work is readily accessible to most adult audiences, and is especially recommended for all college, university, and seminary libraries." * Catholic Library World *"Robert J. Norris book,Exonerated,is the first complete and exhaustive treatment of the [innocence] movement itself. The book offers a deep dive. The fact that it is nonetheless eminently readable speaks to Norriss ability to merge impressive scholarship and research with fascinating stories, interesting interviews and anecdotal information. The result is an impressive history layered over with entertaining color." * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Book Reviews *"Exonerated is the definitive account of how the innocence movement transformed public views about the everyday fallibility of the American criminal justice system in the late 20th century, and why preventing the wrongful convictions of the factually innocent remains more important than ever in the 21st century." -- Richard A. Leo,author, The Wrong Guys: Murder, False Confessions and the Norfolk Four"Exonerated is the first serious, thorough history of the modern innocence movement. A major, innovative contribution to the scholarship on wrongful convictions and a true delight to read." -- Daniel S. Medwed,author, Prosecution Complex: America’s Race to Convict and Its Impact on the Innocent"A timely and important new contribution to the literature, Exonerated is both an accessible history of the recent history of wrongful convictions, and a much needed analysis of the innocence movement as a social movement." -- Simon A. Cole,author, Suspect Identities: A History of Fingerprinting and Criminal Identification"Carefully researched and elegantly written, this book calls attention to the importance of wrongful convictions for the death penalty and beyond. It shows how the criminal justice system is at the heart of efforts to achieve social justice. This is an important book." -- Sister Helen Prejean,author, Dead Man Walking and The Death of Innocents
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New York University Press The Sex Offender Housing Dilemma
Book SynopsisThe controversy surrounding community responses to housing for sexually violent predators When a South Carolina couple killed a registered sex offender and his wife after they moved into their neighborhood in 2013, the story exposed an extreme and relatively rare instance of violence against sex offenders. While media accounts would have us believe that vigilantes across the country lie in wait for predators who move into their neighborhoods, responses to sex offenders more often involve collective campaigns that direct outrage toward political and criminal justice systems. No community wants a sex offender in its midst, but instead of vigilantism, Monica Williams argues, citizens often leverage moral, political, and/or legal authority to keep these offenders out of local neighborhoods. Her book, the culmination of four years of research, 70 in-depth interviews, participant observations, and studies of numerous media sources, reveals the origins and characteristics of community responsTrade Review"Monica Williams intervenes in an intense debate over whether litigation or politics is the most effective way to pursue social change and what leads so many social movements to choose courts. By identifying both empowerment and experience as factors that shape these choices, Williams is developing a theoretical approach to rights mobilization that will have plenty of application outside the criminal field...Impressive work" -- Jonathan Simon,Author of Mass Incarceration on Trial: A Remarkable Court Decision and the Future of Prisons in A"Readers are invited into community meetings to hear directly from citizens and activists who seek to influence an aspect of public policy that is often ignored: the siting of released sex offenders. Taking nothing for granted, Monica Williams compares three communities in order to show the way social mobilization is shaped by context and orientations to authority. The ethnographic work is truly outstanding and the analysis is keen. The Sex Offender Housing Dilemma is a remarkable account of how communities respond to sex offender placements and should renew scholarly interest in how punishment and democracy play out locally." -- Chrysanthi S. Leon,Author of Sex Fiends, Perverts, and Pedophiles: Understanding Sex Crime Policy in America
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