Prisons books

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Parole: The Fate of Prisoners in My Hands and the High-stakes Risks of Getting it Wrong – As Seen on TV

Parole: The Fate of Prisoners in My Hands and the High-stakes...

Author: Rob McKeon
ISBN: 9780711297289
Format: Paperback
$24.99

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Prison from Within

Prison from Within

Author: Richmond Harvey
ISBN: 9781032346960
Format: Paperback
$58.99

First published in 1937, Prison from Within is a first-person account of a prisoner sentenced to imprisonment for...  Read More >>

Carceral Worlds: Legacies, Textures and Futures

Carceral Worlds: Legacies, Textures and Futures

Author: Hanneke Stuit ,  Jennifer Turner
ISBN: 9781350298064
Format: Hardback
$170.00

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The Idea of Prison Abolition

The Idea of Prison Abolition

Author: Tommie Shelby
ISBN: 9780691229768
Format: Paperback
$39.99

An incisive and sympathetic examination of the case for ending the practice of imprisonment Despite its omnipresence...  Read More >>

FRAMED: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions

FRAMED: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions...

Author: John Grisham ,  Jim McCloskey
ISBN: 9781399738606
Format: Paperback
$34.99

In his first work of nonfiction since The Innocent Man, #1 bestselling author John Grisham and Centurion Ministries...  Read More >>

Prison Segregation: The Limits of Law

Prison Segregation: The Limits of Law

Author: Ellie Brown (Ph.D, University of Cambridge)
ISBN: 9781032330761
Format: Paperback
$77.99

Prison Segregation: The Limits of Law explores the use of segregation in English prisons by examining how law is...  Read More >>

The American Prison Business

The American Prison Business

Author: Jessica Mitford
ISBN: 9781032355566
Format: Paperback
$62.99

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Psychopath: The Case of Patrick MacKay

Psychopath: The Case of Patrick MacKay

Author: Tim Clark ,  John Penycate
ISBN: 9781032367040
Format: Paperback
$58.99

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An Architecture of Hope: reimagining the prison, restoring a house, rebuilding myself

An Architecture of Hope: reimagining the prison, restoring...

Author: Yvonne Jewkes
ISBN: 9781914484780
Format: Hardback
$39.99

Should architecture be used for punishment? How might the spaces we inhabit nurture or damage us? How can we begin...  Read More >>

Peer Support in Prison: How Incarcerated People make Meaning through Active Citizenship

Peer Support in Prison: How Incarcerated People make...

Author: Christian Perrin
ISBN: 9780367894252
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book explores the profound impact of peer support within the bleak landscape of incarceration.  Read More >>

The US Criminal Justice System: A Reference Handbook

The US Criminal Justice System: A Reference Handbook...

Author: Sarah Koon-Magnin (University of South Alabama, USA) ,  Ryan J. Williams (University of New England, USA)
ISBN: 9781440879623
Format: Hardback
$110.00

""This wide-ranging resource provides an authoritative overview of the criminal justice system in America, including...  Read More >>

Crime and Penal Policy: Reflections on Fifty Years' Experience

Crime and Penal Policy: Reflections on Fifty Years'...

Author: Barbara Wootton
ISBN: 9781032326283
Format: Paperback
$58.99

First published in 1978, Crime and Penal Policy is primarily addressed to non-professional people interested in...  Read More >>

Palestinian Political Organizations in Israeli Prisons

Palestinian Political Organizations in Israeli Prisons...

Author: Dr Alyssa G. Bernstein (Attorney / Scholar in Criminology and Penology, Attorney / Scholar in Criminology and Penology)
ISBN: 9780192846532
Format: Hardback
$191.95

Palestinian Political Organizations in Israeli Prisons looks at Palestinian political activity within Israeli prisons....  Read More >>

The Lives and Legacies of a Carceral Island: A Biographical History of Wadjemup/Rottnest Island

The Lives and Legacies of a Carceral Island: A Biographical...

Author: Ann Curthoys (University of Western Australia, AUS) ,  Shino Konishi (Australian Catholic University, Australia)
ISBN: 9781032185057
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This book is a biographical history of Rottnest Island, a small carceral island offshore from Western Australia....  Read More >>

The Role of the Media in Criminal Justice Policy: Prisons, Populism and the Press

The Role of the Media in Criminal Justice Policy: Prisons,...

Author: Natalia Antolak-Saper
ISBN: 9781032115276
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This book provides a socio-legal examination of the media’s influence on the development and implementation of criminal...  Read More >>

‘Star Men’ in English Convict Prisons, 1879-1948

‘Star Men’ in English Convict Prisons, 1879-1948

Author: Ben Bethell (Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London)
ISBN: 9781032064277
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This book tells the story of the star class, a segregated division for first offenders in English convict prisons;...  Read More >>

In Russian and French Prisons

In Russian and French Prisons

Author: Peter Kropotkin
ISBN: 9780921689997
Format: Hardback
$90.54

Nearly a century has passed since Kropotkin wrote In Russian and French Prisons, yet his criticisms of the penal...  Read More >>

The Prison Officer

The Prison Officer

Author: Gen Glaister
ISBN: 9781804992784
Format: Paperback
$22.99

The brutally honest, no-holds-barred story of a young woman trying to keep control in a men's prison. Honest, heartfelt...  Read More >>

Gender, Prison and Reentry Experiences: A Matter of Time

Gender, Prison and Reentry Experiences: A Matter of...

Author: Silvia Gomes ,  Dixie Rocker
ISBN: 9781032294872
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book explores the unique reentry experiences of incarcerated men and women who are about to be released from...  Read More >>

The Prisoner: Behind Bars in Putin's Russia

The Prisoner: Behind Bars in Putin's Russia

Author: Vladimir Pereverzin ,  Anna Gunin
ISBN: 9781802472530
Format: Audio
$178.19

A shocking, but also wryly humorous and ultimately uplifting memoir of an ordinary man sentenced to lengthy and...  Read More >>

The Prisoner: Behind Bars in Putin's Russia

The Prisoner: Behind Bars in Putin's Russia

Author: Vladimir Pereverzin ,  Anna Gunin
ISBN: 9781802472547
Format: Audio
$160.59

A shocking, but also wryly humorous and ultimately uplifting memoir of an ordinary man sentenced to lengthy and...  Read More >>

What Are Prisons For?

What Are Prisons For?

Author: Hindpal Singh Bhui (University of Oxford)
ISBN: 9781529226898
Format: Paperback
$19.99

Hindpal Singh Bhui argues that we need to look at who is sent to prison and why to disentangle reality from ideology...  Read More >>

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