Prisons books

1390 books were found.

Pregnancy and New Motherhood in Prison

Pregnancy and New Motherhood in Prison

Author: Lucy Baldwin (De Montfort University) ,  Laura Abbott (University of Hertfordshire)
ISBN: 9781447363385
Format: Hardback
$110.00

This timely book addresses an overlooked area of criminal justice by focusing on the reality of pregnancy and new...  Read More >>

The Training of Prison Governors

The Training of Prison Governors

Author: P.A.J. Waddington
ISBN: 9781032274614
Format: Paperback
$60.99

This book, first published in 1983, examines in detail the training of the key group of people within the British...  Read More >>

Women’s Imprisonment in Eastern Europe: 'Sitting out Time'

Women’s Imprisonment in Eastern Europe: 'Sitting out...

Author: Arta Jalili Idrissi (Staffordshire University, UK)
ISBN: 9781801172837
Format: Hardback
$172.99

The first qualitative study based on an ethnographic approach to women’s carceral experiences in Latvia, this book...  Read More >>

Australia's Most Infamous Jail: Inside the walls of Pentridge Prison

Australia's Most Infamous Jail: Inside the walls of...

Author: James Phelps
ISBN: 9781460764138
Format: Paperback
$34.99

'Pentridge was a place of murder and mayhem. A bluestone hell. The worst prison Australia has ever seen.' Andrew...  Read More >>

Women, Reentry and Employment: Criminalized and Employable?

Women, Reentry and Employment: Criminalized and Employable?...

Author: Anita Grace
ISBN: 9780367770396
Format: Paperback
$83.99

Women, Reentry and Employment: Criminalized and Employable? explores the conflicting discourses about employment...  Read More >>

Living with Desistance: Breaking the Cycle

Living with Desistance: Breaking the Cycle

Author: David Honeywell
ISBN: 9781032228440
Format: Hardback
$284.00

In this new and distinctive contribution to the desistance literature, Dr David Honeywell draws on his own lived...  Read More >>

Mass Incarceration in the 21st Century: Realities and Reflections

Mass Incarceration in the 21st Century: Realities and...

Author: Addrain Conyers ,  Vanessa Lynn
ISBN: 9781032224626
Format: Paperback
$77.99

This reader presents a comprehensive review of the research on mass incarceration as it relates to causes, impact,...  Read More >>

Mass Incarceration in the 21st Century: Realities and Reflections

Mass Incarceration in the 21st Century: Realities and...

Author: Addrain Conyers ,  Vanessa Lynn
ISBN: 9781032228136
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This reader presents a comprehensive review of the research on mass incarceration as it relates to causes, impact,...  Read More >>

Narratives on Prison Governmentality: No Longer the Prison of the Past

Narratives on Prison Governmentality: No Longer the...

Author: Marco Nocente (The University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy)
ISBN: 9781032484495
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Narratives on Prison Governmentality explores prison governmentality through the analysis of letters of prisoners....  Read More >>

Fraud: How the Prison Set me Free

Fraud: How the Prison Set me Free

Author: Elka Cohen ,  Nikki Munitz
ISBN: 9781990973741
Format: Paperback
$38.68

After matriculating from a top Jewish school, Nikki Munitz finds herself in the clutches of a heroin addiction....  Read More >>

Free Them All: A Feminist Call to Abolish the Prison System

Free Them All: A Feminist Call to Abolish the Prison...

Author: Gwenola Ricordeau ,  Silvia Federici
ISBN: 9781839762734
Format: Paperback
$22.99

An indispensable guide to the feminist case for prison abolition  Read More >>

This Woman: The secret prison affair and escape plot of Myra Hindley, Britain’s most notorious criminal

This Woman: The secret prison affair and escape plot...

Author: Howard Sounes
ISBN: 9781841885117
Format: Paperback
$26.99

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Crime and Justice, Volume 51: Prisons and Prisoners

Crime and Justice, Volume 51: Prisons and Prisoners...

Author: Michael Tonry ,  Sandra Bucerius
ISBN: 9780226825076
Format: Paperback
$107.95

Volume 51 is a thematic volume on Prisons and Prisoners. Since 1979, the Crime and Justice series has presented...  Read More >>

Conservative Government Penal Policy 2015-2021: Austerity, Outsourcing and Punishment Redux?

Conservative Government Penal Policy 2015-2021: Austerity,...

Author: Christopher David Skinns
ISBN: 9783031007996
Format: Paperback
$237.57

This book interrogates Conservative government penal policy for adult and young adult offenders in England and Wales...  Read More >>

The Life of a Gym Screw

The Life of a Gym Screw

Author: Phil Curie
ISBN: 9781916572331
Format: Paperback
$47.49

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"""Besides, Who Would Believe a Prisoner?""": Indiana Women's Carceral Institutions, 18481920

"""Besides, Who Would Believe a Prisoner?""": Indiana...

Author: The Indiana Women's Prison History Project
ISBN: 9781620975398
Format: Hardback
$49.99

"""A groundbreaking collective work of history by a group of incarcerated scholars that resurrects the lost truth...  Read More >>

Capital Punishment: A Documentary and Reference Guide

Capital Punishment: A Documentary and Reference Guide...

Author: David L. Hudson Jr.
ISBN: 9781440875779
Format: Hardback
$180.00

Each entry in this essential collection of primary resources on capital punishment features an authoritative introduction...  Read More >>

Criminal: Real-life stories of the people trapped in our failing justice system

Criminal: Real-life stories of the people trapped in...

Author: Angela Kirwin
ISBN: 9781398705852
Format: Paperback
$26.99

An utterly compelling journey inside the broken English prison system by a former prison social care worker.  Read More >>

Comparing Black Deaths in Custody, Police Brutality, and Social Justice Solutions

Comparing Black Deaths in Custody, Police Brutality,...

Author: Janelle Christine Simmons
ISBN: 9781799893059
Format: Paperback
$279.40

Describes the actions that lead to the death of Black people while they are in the process of being detained by...  Read More >>

The Good Prison Officer: Inside Perspectives

The Good Prison Officer: Inside Perspectives

Author: Andi Brierley
ISBN: 9781032394404
Format: Paperback
$75.99

This book offers a solution-focused and strengths-based guide to becoming an effective Prison Officer.  Read More >>

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