Penology and punishment Books

Quinny's father lay on the frozen, snow-covered ground bleeding to death from a gunshot wound to his neck. Hours earlier, the storm passed over the White Mountains of East Central Arizona and headed toward New Mexico. With no clouds in the sky, the cold...

Lectures to Young Ladies by Almira H. Lincoln Phelps is a comprehensive guide to female education in the 19th century. Originally published in 1833, this book provides an overview of the different subjects that were considered important for young women...

""Our Convict V1"" is a historical fiction novel written by Mary Carpenter and published in 1864. The book is set in England during the 19th century and tells the story of a young woman named Mary who is falsely accused of a crime and sentenced to...

""Recollections Of My Visit To Spain And Its Prisons: In The Year 1863"" is a book written by Abraham Capadose and published in 1865. The book is a personal account of Capadose's visit to Spain in 1863, where he witnessed the country's political turmoil...

Prison-reformation has been a controversial and politically charged issue in Kenya. In the past it has elicited such legendary and emotional responses as 'What reforms? Prisons are not supposed to be five star hotels!' Recently, however, there has been a...

Current Issues in Corrections explores a variety of the most timely and salient challenges facing the correctional system. The text is comprised of chapters written by experts in the field who have experience as both academic and criminal justice...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and...

Il libro ""Storia Politica dei Municipi Italiani V1, Parte 1, Sezione 2"" ����� stato scritto da Paolo Emiliani-Giudici e pubblicato nel 1851. Questo volume ����� il secondo della prima parte della serie, che si concentra sulla storia politica dei...

The Spirit of Selective Service is a book written by Enoch Herbert Crowder in 1920. Crowder was a prominent lawyer and served as the Judge Advocate General of the United States Army during World War I. The book is a detailed account of the Selective...

""Sexual Dimorphism in the Animal Kingdom: A Theory of the Evolution of Secondary Sexual Characters"" is a scientific book written by Joseph Thomas Cunningham and published in 1900. The book explores the concept of sexual dimorphism, which refers to the...

""Experiences Of A Gaol Chaplain V3"" is a book written by Erskine Neale in 1847. The book is a collection of recollections and experiences of the author as a chaplain in various prisons. In this volume, Neale recounts his ministerial interactions with...

The Memoir of John Stanford, Late Chaplain to the Humane and Criminal Institutions in the City of New York (1835) is a book written by Charles George Sommers. This memoir is a detailed account of the life and work of John Stanford, a chaplain who served...

Memoirs Of Jane Cameron V1: Female Convict (1864) is a book written by Frederick William Robinson. The book is a memoir of Jane Cameron, a female convict who was sentenced to transportation to Australia for her crimes. The book is divided into several...

Tales of the Convict System is a book written by Warung and Price in 1892. The book is a collection of stories that shed light on the harsh realities of the Australian convict system during the 19th century. The stories are based on the authors' personal...

Lost and Found or Light in the Prison: A Narrative, with Original Letters, of a Convict, Condemned for Forgery is a book written by Benjamin Bensley and published in 1859. The book tells the story of a man who is convicted of forgery and sent to prison...

The New York State Reformatory in Elmira is a historical book written by Alexander Winter in 1891. The book provides a detailed account of the establishment and operations of the New York State Reformatory in Elmira, which was the first reformatory in...

Raid and Reform: By a Pretoria Prisoner (1898) is a historical book written by Alfred Peter Hillier. The book is a first-hand account of the author's experiences during the Second Boer War, which took place between 1899 and 1902. Hillier was a British...

The Aristocracy of England: A History for the People is a historical book written by William Howitt and published in 1846. The book is a detailed account of the English aristocracy, its origins, and its evolution over the centuries. The author provides...

""Six Months In A House Of Correction: Or The Narrative Of Dorah Mahony"" is a memoir written by Dorah Mahony and published in 1835. The book chronicles Mahony's experiences during her six-month stay in a house of correction, a type of prison for women...

Secrets of the Prison House V2: Or Gaol Studies and Sketches is a book written by Arthur Griffiths and first published in 1894. The book is a collection of studies and sketches on the subject of prisons and the penal system. In this second volume,...

Riches and Poverty is a book written by Leo George Chiozza Money and was first published in 1908. The book discusses the nature of wealth and poverty in society and how they are intertwined. Money argues that poverty is not caused by individual failure,...

Il libro ""Svolgimento Storico Della Amministrazione Comunale Di Genova (1885)"" di Raffaele Drago fornisce una dettagliata descrizione dell'amministrazione comunale di Genova dal Medioevo fino alla fine del XIX secolo. L'autore esamina la struttura...

This book offers a broad overview of transition practices for incarcerated youth, shaped by local culture, politics, ideologies, and philosophies. It highlights the similarities and differences in international approaches, as well as promising practices...

This book presents and uses a major, new database of the most serious forms of internal resistance to the Nazi state to study empirically the whole phenomenon of resistance to an authoritarian regime. By studying serious political resistance from a...

Der Strafvollzug hat das Ziel, die Gefangenen zu einem Leben in sozialer Verantwortung ohne Straftaten zu befähigen. Er soll so auf die Inhaftierten einwirken, dass sie nach der Entlassung keine Straftaten mehr begehen. Behandlungsmaßnahmen dienen diesem...

Gerlinda Smaus gilt als wichtigste feministische Kriminologin im deutschen Sprachraum. Sie selbst bezeichnet ihren theoretischen Ansatz als einen sowohl materialistischen wie interaktionistischen. Dabei bezieht sie sich stets auf konkrete Praxisbereiche...

In diesem Band 2 der Edition „Forschung und Entwicklung in der Strafrechtspflege" entfalten und vertiefen die Autoren das Konzept der Sozialen Strafrechtspflege und analysieren die Stärken und Schwächen der Umsetzung in die Praxis der Strafverfolgung und...

Dieses Buch liefert eine Zwischenbilanz über die Situation des Strafvollzugs. Ziel des Behandlungsvollzugs ist die Befähigung der Gefangenen zu einem straffreien Leben. Die Autoren dieses Sammelbandes beleuchten deshalb unter anderem die Fragen: Wie...

This book compiles research on female crime and delinquency in Portugal in order to critically and reflectively explore interdisciplinary views on the link between gender, crime and delinquency. Contributions are organized into two main parts, with Part...

This edited collection analyses the prison through the most fundamental challenge it faces: escapes. The chapters comprise original research from established prison scholars who develop the contours of a sociology of prison escapes. Drawing on firm...

This book discusses the role of the prison in Europe across a divide of over 200 years. Inspired by the travels of the prison reformer John Howard (1726-1790), who visited prisons across Europe in the eighteenth century, it fundamentally reflects on...

This book speaks to those interested in topics related to punitiveness and public attitudes to crime and punishment. Punitiveness has been the focus of increasing criminological attention in recent decades. This book extends this focus by taking a...

Drawing upon both ethnographic research and genealogical analysis, this book represents the first in-depth scientific analysis of criminal offenders' electronic monitoring (EM) in Latin America's largest country. It focuses on three empirical axes: 1)...

This second edition textbook focuses on the duties of juvenile justice administrators, featuring more illustrations, examples of programs, and interviews of juvenile justice administrators. The edition is updated to address critical issues in the field,...

This handbook provides a unique overview of rehabilitation as practiced internationally in criminal justice. Through the contributions of a diverse group that includes, among others, academics (some of whom are former practitioners), research students, a...

This book provides a novel exploration of time and temporality in relation to punishment and criminal sanctioning. It goes beyond focussing on the prison to address punishment more broadly with contributions on punishment in the community (including...

This handbook provides a holistic and comprehensive examination of issues related to criminal justice reform in the United States from a multidisciplinary perspective.  Divided into five key domains of reform in the criminal justice system, it...

An anthology of poems written to and by İlhan Sami Çomak, a Kurdish writer and prisoner of conscience who has been held in a Turkish prison for more than thirty years. The words in this book have 'walked through walls' mainly thanks to Caroline...

Best-selling and top practitioner and student work for people who run therapy groups of all kinds, explaining how drama can be used with offenders and similar target groups who find it easier to express themselves in this way - In use across the UK by...

Rehabilitation Work provides a unique insight into what happens behind the closed doors of prisons, probation and parole offices, drug rehabs, and recovery support services drawing on research from Australia. Applied examples of how practitioners...

This book contributes conceptually, theoretically and morally to a deeper understanding of the distinctive Asian perceptions of punishment, justice and human rights. Researched and prepared by scholars who have not only been conducting studies on the...

This book provides a focused and comprehensive overview of criminal psychology in different socio-economic and psycho-sociological contexts. It informs readers on the role of psychology in the various aspects of the criminal justice process, starting...

This collection provides new insights into the 'Age of Revolutions', focussing on state trials for treason and sedition, and expands the sophisticated discussion that has marked the historiography of that period by examining political trials in...

This collection considers human rights and incarceration in relation to the liberal-democratic states of Australia, New Zealand and the UK. It presents original case-study material on groups that are disproportionately affected by incarceration,...

This edited collection utilises recent advances in theories on masculinities to explore and analyse the ways in which prisons shape performances of gender, both within prison settings and following release from prison. The authors assess here how the...

This book is a reflection on the nature of confinement, experienced by prison inmates as everyday life. It explores the meanings, purposes, and consequences involved with spending every day inside prison. Female Imprisonment results from an ethnographic...

This volume explores the role that European institutions have come to play in regulating national prisons systems. The authors introduce and contribute to advancing a new research agenda in international penology ('Europe in prisons') which complements...