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![The Scandinavian Prison Study]( "The Scandinavian Prison Study")
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Wheeler, S., Armor, D. J. (Ed), Cline, H. F. (2020)
This book presents the formerly-unpublished manuscript by Wheeler and Cline detailing the landmark, comparative prisons study they conducted in the 1960s which examined fifteen …
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![The Culture of Capital Punishment in Japan]( "The Culture of Capital Punishment in Japan")
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Johnson, D. T. (2020)
This open access book provides a comparative perspective on capital punishment in Japan and the United States. Alongside the US, Japan is one of only a few developed democracies …
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![Maternal Sentencing and the Rights of the Child]( "Maternal Sentencing and the Rights of the Child")
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Minson, S. (2020)
This book brings to life the experiences of children affected by maternal imprisonment, and provides unique, in-depth analysis of judicial thinking on this issue. It explores the …
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![Life Imprisonment from Young Adulthood]( "Life Imprisonment from Young Adulthood")
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Crewe, B., Hulley, S., Wright, S. (2020)
This book analyses the experiences of prisoners in England & Wales sentenced when relatively young to very long life sentences (with minimum terms of fifteen years or more). Based …
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![Electronic Monitoring]( "Electronic Monitoring")
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Daems, T. (2020)
This book offers a systematic, sociological and penological exploration of the most up-to-date uses of electronic tagging (also known as electronic monitoring). With increasingly …
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![Crime and the Construction of Forensic Objectivity from 1850]( "Crime and the Construction of Forensic Objectivity from 1850")
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Adam, A. (Ed) (2019)
This book charts the historical development of 'forensic objectivity' through an analysis of the ways in which objective knowledge of crimes, crime scenes, crime materials and …
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![The Palgrave Handbook of Prison and the Family]( "The Palgrave Handbook of Prison and the Family")
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Hutton, M. (Ed), Moran, D. (Ed) (2019)
This handbook brings together the international research focussing on prisoners’ families and the impact of imprisonment on them. Under-researched and under-theorised in the realm …
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![Criminal Justice and Corruption]( "Criminal Justice and Corruption")
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Brooks, G. (2019)
This book highlights and examines the level, reach and consequences of corruption in international criminal justice systems. The book argues that corruption in and of criminal …
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![Political Trials in an Age of Revolutions]( "Political Trials in an Age of Revolutions")
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Davis, M. T. (Ed), Macleod, E. (Ed), Pentland, G. (Ed) (2019)
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 …
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![Prison Breaks]( "Prison Breaks")
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Martin, T. M. (Ed), Chantraine, G. (Ed) (2018)
This edited collection analyses the prison through the most fundamental challenge it faces: escapes. The chapters comprise original research from established prison scholars who …
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![Outsourcing Legal Aid in the Nordic Welfare States]( "Outsourcing Legal Aid in the Nordic Welfare States")
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Halvorsen Rønning, O. (Ed), Hammerslev, O. (Ed) (2018)
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This edited collection provides a comprehensive analysis of the differences and similarities between civil legal aid schemes in …
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![New Perspectives on Prison Masculinities]( "New Perspectives on Prison Masculinities")
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Maycock, M. (Ed), Hunt, K. (Ed) (2018)
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 …
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![Conviviality and Survival]( "Conviviality and Survival")
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Darke, S. (2018)
Brazilian authorities continuously fail to comply with international norms on minimal conditions of incarceration. Brazil's prison population has risen ten-fold since the …
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![Governance, Social Control and Legal Reform in China]( "Governance, Social Control and Legal Reform in China")
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Chen, Q. (2018)
This book outlines how community sentences and early release options are administered in China. Chen provides empirical insights into the emerging community sector of the Chinese …
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![Human Rights and Incarceration]( "Human Rights and Incarceration")
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Stanley, E. (Ed) (2018)
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 …
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![Female Crime and Delinquency in Portugal]( "Female Crime and Delinquency in Portugal")
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Gomes, S. (Ed), Duarte, V. (Ed) (2018)
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 …
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![Resisting Carceral Violence]( "Resisting Carceral Violence")
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Carlton, B., Russell, E. K. (2018)
This book explores the dramatic evolution of a feminist movement that mobilised to challenge a women’s prison system in crisis. Through in-depth historical research conducted in …
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![Uses and Consequences of a Criminal Conviction]( "Uses and Consequences of a Criminal Conviction")
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Fitzgerald O'Reilly, M. (2018)
This book examines the increasing retention and use of previous criminal record information, within and beyond the criminal justice system. There remains a misconception that once …
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![Mental Health in Prisons]( "Mental Health in Prisons")
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Mills, A. (Ed), Kendall, K. (Ed) (2018)
This book examines how the prison environment, architecture and culture can affect mental health as well as determine both the type and delivery of mental health services. It also …
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![The Prison and the Factory (40th Anniversary Edition)]( "The Prison and the Factory (40th Anniversary Edition)")
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Melossi, D., Pavarini, M. (2018)
This new edition of The Prison and the Factory, a classic work on radical criminology, includes two new, long essays from the authors and a foreword from Professor Jonathan Simon …
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