Prisons Books

New and Published Books

1. Women Exiting Prison

   Critical Essays on Gender, Post-Release Support and Survival

   Edited by Bree Carlton, Marie Segrave

   Series: Routledge Studies in Crime and Society

   Women’s incarceration is on the rise globally and this has significant intergenerational, economic and humanitarian costs for communities across the world. While there have been efforts to implement reform, particularly in countries such as Canada, UK, US and Australia, the growing evidence...

   Published April 28th 2013 by Routledge
2. The Penal Landscape

   The Howard League Guide to Criminal Justice in England and Wales

   Edited by Anita Dockley, Ian Loader

   The Howard League for Penal Reform is committed to developing an effective penal system which ensures there are fewer victims of crime, has a diminished role for prison and creates a safer community for all. In this collection of ten papers, the charity has brought together some of the most...

   Published April 28th 2013 by Routledge
3. Beyond the Prison Industrial Complex

   Crime and Incarceration in the 21st Century

   By Kevin Wehr, Elyshia Aseltine

   Series: Framing 21st Century Social Issues

   This short text, ideal for Social Problems and Criminal Justice courses, examines the American prison system, its conditions, and its impact on society. Wehr and Aseltine define the prison industrial complex and explain how the current prison system is a contemporary social problem. They conclude...

   Published February 24th 2013 by Routledge
4. Understanding Criminal Justice

   A Critical Introduction

   By Azrini Wahidin, Nicola Carr

   Few subjects provoke as much public fascination and political concern as crime, criminality, criminology, and criminal justice policy and practice. Understanding Criminal Justice seeks to provide students with a critical introduction to the range of theoretical, policy and operational issues faced...

   Published December 13th 2012 by Routledge
5. Criminal Justice

   An Introduction, 2nd Edition

   By Peter Joyce

   This new and expanded edition builds upon material from the highly successful first edition. A comprehensive textbook on the criminal justice system, the book assesses the main theories concerned with the causes of crime (including white-collar and corporate crime), discusses the...

   Published December 9th 2012 by Routledge
6. Contrasts in Punishment

   An explanation of Anglophone excess and Nordic exceptionalism

   By John Pratt, Anna Eriksson

   Series: Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice

   Why do some modern societies punish their offenders differently to others? Why are some more punitive and others more tolerant in their approach to offending and how can these differences be explained? Based on extensive historical analysis and fieldwork in the penal systems of England, Australia,...

   Published December 3rd 2012 by Routledge
7. Women, Punishment and Social Justice

   Human Rights and Penal Practices

   Edited by Margaret Malloch, Gill McIvor

   Series: Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice

   The prison has often been the focus for concerns about human rights violations, and campaigns aimed at achieving social justice, for those with an interest in the criminalisation of women. To reduce the number of women imprisoned, a range of policy initiatives have been developed to increase the...

   Published November 7th 2012 by Routledge
8. Health and Health Promotion in Prisons

   By Michael Ross

   Series: Routledge Studies in Public Health

   The impact of the United Nations "Healthy Prisons" initiative has highlighted the importance of health and health promotion in incarcerated populations. This invaluable book discusses the many health and medical issues that arise or are introduced into prisons from the perspective of both inmates...

   Published October 15th 2012 by Routledge
9. Offender Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Communities

   Enabling Change the TC way

   By Alisa Stevens

   Series: International Series on Desistance and Rehabilitation

   Offender rehabilitation has become increasingly and almost exclusively associated with structured cognitive-behavioural programmes. For fifty years, however, a small number of English prisons have promoted an alternative method of rehabilitation: the democratic therapeutic community (TC). These...

   Published October 9th 2012 by Routledge
10. Trends in Corrections

    Interviews with Corrections Leaders Around the World

    Edited by Jennie K. Singer, Dilip K. Das, Eileen Ahlin

    Series: Interviews with Global Leaders in Policing, Courts, and Prisons

    Offering rare insiders’ perspectives, Trends in Corrections: Interviews with Corrections Leaders Around the World is a comprehensive survey of correctional programming and management styles used across nations. Twelve chapters present transcribed interviews of corrections leaders along with a brief...

    Published October 4th 2012 by CRC Press