This book offers a new and innovative way of thinking about desistance from crime, fusing our understanding of desistance transitions, youth transitions, and the impact of significant policy change on people with convictions in a way which is yet...Lasīt vairāk
An awareness that the effects of prison on offenders were rarely beneficial and may be positively harmful. In this title, first published in 1974, it is argued that there was still the need in society for a commitment, not to reform its deviant me...Lasīt vairāk
Originally published in 1974, this book was the first full-scale work published in this country evaluating carefully whether an active policy of finding suitable employment for men immediately on their release from prison had beneficial results....Lasīt vairāk
Justice, it is said, is about acquitting the innocent and punishing the guilty. Why then, asks Roger Shaw, are the children of imprisoned parents often penalised the most? The abuse, stigma and neglect experienced by many of these children raise s...Lasīt vairāk
Gate fever is the name of a non-medical syndrome said to infect men in prison as the date of their discharge draws near. Its symptoms are euphoria and anxiety, mixed with irrational thinking; and the unfailing cure of the condition is the cold d...Lasīt vairāk
This collection provides readers with a comprehensive overview of the American federal criminal justice system. This collection provides readers with a comprehensive overview of the American federal criminal justice system. The book...Lasīt vairāk
Providing a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the contemporary Scottish criminal justice system, this book focuses on its key processes (from arrest to post-sentence) and institutions, as well as its history and some of the key challeng...Lasīt vairāk
Providing a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the contemporary Scottish criminal justice system, this book focuses on its key processes (from arrest to post-sentence) and institutions, as well as its history and some of the key challeng...Lasīt vairāk
This book presents a comparative study of desistance from crime by analysing and comparing the narratives of English and French desisters. In doing so, it uncovers how national and structural differences may lead to varying individual pathways out...Lasīt vairāk
This book comprises an in-depth ethnographic study of daily life in two local Danish probation offices. It explores the interactions between probation officers and citizens on probation, assessing the potential for manual-based or scripted rehab...Lasīt vairāk
A critical exploration of the role and (in)effectiveness of prisons in contemporary society. It challenges popular misconceptions about what prison is and does, explains links between prison, social inequality and social power, analyses the limits...Lasīt vairāk
This book challenges the myths and misrepresentations that justify the existence of prisons. It traces the history and failure of prison reform over two centuries, addresses a number of key, contemporary issues and argues for the abolition of pris...Lasīt vairāk
In Imperfect, Jonathan Hussey author of Reoffending and the Probation Workbook series offers a compelling and unflinching memoir of his two decades working within the Criminal Justice System....Lasīt vairāk
This book gives voice to justice-involved Canadian youth and young adults by sharing their views on their journey toward desistance from crime and social and community (re)integration. This book gives voice to justice-involved Canad...Lasīt vairāk
Working with Violent Men gives a detailed insight into working with men who have been violent towards intimate partners. Working with Violent Men gives a detailed insight into working with men who have been violent t...Lasīt vairāk
The Handbook on Prisons and Jails brings together some of the brightest scholars and thinkers in the field to offer a wide range of perspectives for understanding the experiences of persons incarcerated or working/volunteering within carc...Lasīt vairāk
Justice, Indigenous Peoples, and Canada: A History of Courage and Resilience brings together the work of a number of leading researchers to provide a broad overview of criminal justice issues that Indigenous people in Canada have faced hist...Lasīt vairāk
This book offers a one-stop guide to becoming employable and to careers in the criminal justice sector and beyond, exploring the key organisations and employers in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, explaining how they operate and deta...Lasīt vairāk
This book offers a one-stop guide to becoming employable and to careers in the Criminal Justice Sector and beyond, exploring the key organizations and employers in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, explaining how they operate and deta...Lasīt vairāk
Trusting Recovery and Desistance synthesises and presents research on the social influences of recovery and desistance. The social processes which underpin and shape our lives have the power to significantly transform the tra...Lasīt vairāk
