7,626円 Originally published in 1971, volunteers in the social services were being asked to undertake increasingly demanding and responsible work, particularly in the field of prison after-care. Effective professional leadership and support were therefore essential. Hugh Barr’s report describes a pilot p...

2,122円 Shocking. Eye-opening. Grimly fascinating. These true stories from a Forensic Psychiatrist working in prisons, secure hospitals and criminal courts are perfect for true crime fans and readers of The Prison Doctor and The Dark Side of the Mind. As a forensic psychiatrist, it's Dr Das's job to trea...

3,980円 The untold history of America’s mid-twentieth-century program of hepatitis infection research, its scientists’ aspirations, and the damage the project caused human subjects From 1942 through 1972, American biomedical researchers deliberately infected people with hepatitis. Government-sponsored re...

7,959円 First published in 1983, Women’s Imprisonment explores the meanings of women’s imprisonment and, in particular, the wider meanings of the ‘moment’ of prison. Based on officially sponsored research in Cornton Vale, Scotland’s only women’s prison, the book makes extensive use of interviews with she...

14,585円 This book presents both a survey of and commentary upon the penal process of England and Wales between 1945 and 2020 from the primary perspective of prisons and their operational management. Part I focusses on the extent to which governmental polities, changing concepts in penology and significan...

3,000円 La recente chiusura degli Ospedali Psichiatrici Giudiziari (OPG) ha sconvolto le preesistenti geografie del sistema penale, producendo effetti di rilievo anche nel campo penitenziario. Negli ultimi anni, sembra infatti che il carcere abbia visto l’esplosione di una nuova “questione psichiatrica”,...

6,971円 Why do we punish? Is it because only punishment can achieve justice for victims and 'right the wrong' of a crime? Or is it justified because it reduces crime, by deterring potential offenders, offering rehabilitative treatment to others and incapacitating the most dangerous? The complex answers t...

5,955円 This textbook considers the full breadth of the criminal justice system, going beyond prisons to cover other punishments such as out-of-court disposals and community penalties, as well as issues around rehabilitation and reintegration. It offers a holistic and contemporary account of the penal sy...

9,948円 This multi-disciplinary collection brings together original contributions to present the best of current thinking about the nature and place of remorse in the context of criminal justice. Despite the widespread and long-standing nature of interest in offender remorse, the topic has until recently...

13,369円 This book explores the role that religion plays in the lives of imprisoned homicide offenders. Drawing on interviews in an English prison, the author examines how they narrate their life stories and how religion intersects with other categories to rebuild their personal identities after committin...

4,476円 What I hope this timely and fascinating book does is to take the reader beyond the lurid interest in art by society's outcasts, to discovering the hugely positive role art plays in prison life - Grayson Perry. This is a book on the artwork produced by 'insiders' i.e. prisoners and ex-inmates of H...

1,400円 Este livro, fruto de pesquisa empírica no sistema prisional e nas periferias de Porto Alegre, tem como objetivo analisar o fenômeno dos coletivos criminais da capital. Enfatizando as relações entre facções distintas, bem como entre elas e os agentes do Estado, Marcelli Cipriani recompõe o process...