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Book cover for Sasha Abramsky: American Furies

American Furies

Sasha Abramsky
Paperback - $59.95

How vengeance has replaced rehabilitation in our prisons--and its terrible costs.

In this dramatic expose of U.S. penitentiaries and the communities around them, Sasha Abramsky finds that prisons have dumped their age-old goal of rehabilitation, of ...

Book cover for Sasha Abramsky: American Furies

American Furies : Crime, Punishment, and Vengeance in the Age of Mass Imprisonment

Sasha Abramsky
Hardcover - $41.95

How vengeance has replaced rehabilitation in our prisons--and its terrible costs.

In this dramatic expose of U.S. penitentiaries and the communities around them, Sasha Abramsky finds that prisons have dumped their age-old goal of rehabilitation, of ...

Book cover for Sasha Abramsky: American Furies

American Furies : Crime, Punishment, and Vengeance in the Age of Mass Imprisonment

Sasha Abramsky
Paperback - $27.95



Book cover for Robert Adams: The Abuses of Punishment

The Abuses of Punishment

Robert Adams
Paperback - $73.95

This book departs from the customary focus of penology on punishments in criminal and youth justice and deals also with punitive elements of punishments employed, sometimes informally, in the household, nursery, school or at work. It argues that abus ...

Book cover for Michael Adler: Discourse, Power and Justice

Discourse, Power and Justice

Michael Adler
Hardcover - $317.95

b /b b i Discourse, Power and Justice /i /b is a distinctive and theoretically informed, empirical study of the administration of the prison system. It is based on extensive research, mainly in Scotland, and combines theoretical innovation with detai ...

Book cover for Heather Ahn-Redding: The Million Dollar Inmate

The Million Dollar Inmate : The Financial and Social Burden of Nonviolent Offenders

Heather Ahn-Redding
Hardcover - $159.95



Book cover for Harry E. Allen: Corrections in America with CDROM

Corrections in America with CDROM

Harry E. Allen
Hardcover - $262.95

This has been the # 1 "Intro to Corrections" book in the market for nearly 30 years. The newest edition retains the majority of the content that makes it a favorite, namely the comprehensive coverage that spans the field’ s history from its inc ...

Book cover for Howard W. Allen: Race, Class, and the Death Penalty

Race, Class, and the Death Penalty : Capital Punishment in American History

Howard W. Allen
Hardcover - $129.95

Examines both the legal and illegal uses of the death penalty in American history.

Book cover for Carsten Anckar: Determinants of the Death Penalty

Determinants of the Death Penalty

Carsten Anckar
Hardcover - $306.95

The death penalty is a highly emotive subject which leaves few people unaffected and has been written about extensively. However, in spite of this, there has been no even-handed and comprehensive theory of the issue until now.
Determinants of the ...

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