The mental health of staff working in UK prisons during the Covid‐19 pandemic
The mental health of staff working in UK prisons during the Covid‐19 pandemic Abstract This article presents the results of an opportunistic, cross-sectional, self-report survey of the well-being of staff…
Life in the hole: The impact of solitary confinement in the United States
Life in the hole: The impact of solitary confinement in the United States Abstract An estimated 84,000 incarcerated individuals face solitary confinement in the United States criminal justice system. Solitary…
The palimpsest of outdoor penal labour in California, 1915–2000
The palimpsest of outdoor penal labour in California, 1915–2000 Abstract In this article we examine the curious stability of outdoor penal labour in California in the 20th century against a…
Sentencing: New trajectories in law By E.A.O. Freer, Abingdon: Routledge. 2021. pp. 131. £44.99 (hbk); pp. 146. £16.99 (pbk). ISBN: 9780067862619; 9781032063027
Sentencing: New trajectories in law By Freer, Abingdon: Routledge. 2021. pp. 131. £ (hbk); pp. 146. £ (pbk). ISBN: 9780067862619; 9781032063027 The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, Volume 62,…
The criminal law’s person By C. Lernestedt, M. Matravers (Eds.), Oxford: Hart. 2022. pp. 216. £85.00 (hbk). ISBN: 9781509923748
The criminal law's person By C. Lernestedt, M. Matravers (Eds.), Oxford: Hart. 2022. pp. 216. £ (hbk). ISBN: 9781509923748 The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, Volume 62, Issue 1,…
Path dependence and criminal justice reform: Introducing the special issue
Path dependence and criminal justice reform: Introducing the special issue The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, Volume 62, Issue 1, Page 3-10, March 2023. Thomas Guiney, Ashley Rubin, Henry…
Symbolic laws, de facto abolitions and path dependence: When death penalty policies remain stable
Symbolic laws, de facto abolitions and path dependence: When death penalty policies remain stable Abstract There is a growing tendency to perceive the death penalty as always ‘on the move’,…
Community corrections at a critical juncture: Privatisation, race, and the redefinition of the community after Attica
Community corrections at a critical juncture: Privatisation, race, and the redefinition of the community after Attica Abstract Critical junctures can propel a reorientation of state, civil society, and market. I…
A developmental model of sentencing evolution: The emergence of the politics of probation in Chile
A developmental model of sentencing evolution: The emergence of the politics of probation in Chile Abstract This article builds a developmental model of probation evolution based on the dynamics generated…
Europeanisation of post‐Soviet prisons: A comparative case study of prison policy transfer from Norway to Latvia and Lithuania
Europeanisation of post‐Soviet prisons: A comparative case study of prison policy transfer from Norway to Latvia and Lithuania Abstract Despite shared history and a common ambition to comply with European…
Beyond ‘stagnation and change’?: Path dependency, translation and the ‘layering’ over time of Irish penal policy
Beyond ‘stagnation and change’?: Path dependency, translation and the ‘layering’ over time of Irish penal policy Abstract In the past decade or so a significant body of work on ‘Hibernian…
Explaining penal momentum: Path dependence, prison population forecasting and the persistence of high incarceration rates in England and Wales
Explaining penal momentum: Path dependence, prison population forecasting and the persistence of high incarceration rates in England and Wales Abstract This article seeks to explain the persistence of high incarceration…