The Myth of Mob Rule: Violent Crime and Democratic Politics. Lisa L. Miller. New York: Oxford University Press (2016). 272pp. £26.49hb ISBN 9780190228705
The Myth of Mob Rule: Violent Crime and Democratic Politics. Lisa L. Miller. New York: Oxford University Press (2016). 272pp. £ ISBN 9780190228705 Vanessa Barker Read the syndicated article here
Testing the Job Demands-Resources Model for Nigerian Prison Staff Job Stress
Testing the Job Demands-Resources Model for Nigerian Prison Staff Job Stress Abstract Job stress is the psychological tension, distress, and anxiety caused by stressors at work, and job stress is…
Differentiating Contract Killers: A Narrative-Based Approach
Differentiating Contract Killers: A Narrative-Based Approach Abstract Previous attempts to determine contract killers’ behaviour have not benefited from any formal psychological framework of behavioural distinction. The Narrative Action System model…
A More Nordic Norway? Examining Prisons in 21st Century Iceland
A More Nordic Norway? Examining Prisons in 21st Century Iceland Abstract This article seeks to examine the exact status of Iceland in light of the Nordic penal exceptionalism thesis. This…
Assessing Convicted Traffickers: Negotiating Migration, Employment and Opportunity through Restricted Networks
Assessing Convicted Traffickers: Negotiating Migration, Employment and Opportunity through Restricted Networks Abstract This article presents a rare insight into convicted ‘traffickers’ and draws on research undertaken using risk assessment data…
Predicaments in Prisoners’ Institutional Rehabilitation for Parole Release: Some Evidence from Malaysia
Predicaments in Prisoners’ Institutional Rehabilitation for Parole Release: Some Evidence from Malaysia Abstract Institutional rehabilitation is significant because the Parole Board's decision in releasing a prisoner would depend on the…
Manifest Injustice? The Judiciary as Moderator of Penal Excess in the Sentencing of Youth for Murder
Manifest Injustice? The Judiciary as Moderator of Penal Excess in the Sentencing of Youth for Murder Abstract A principled approach to the sentencing of young people requires recognition of their…
Forging Selfhood: Social Categorisation and Identity in Arizona’s Prison Wildfire Programme
Forging Selfhood: Social Categorisation and Identity in Arizona's Prison Wildfire Programme Abstract This article examines the expressions of identity for participants in the Inmate Wildfire Program (IWP), a skilled prison…
Helping, Holding, Hurting: A Conversation about Supervision
Helping, Holding, Hurting: A Conversation about Supervision Abstract This article begins with an overview of some of the late Bill McWilliams's key contributions to probation research and scholarship, focusing in…
Addiction & Choice: Rethinking the Relationship Nick Heather and Gabriel Segal (Eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press (2016) 528pp. £54.99hb ISBN 9780198727224
Addiction & Choice: Rethinking the Relationship Nick Heather and Gabriel Segal (Eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press (2016) 528pp. £ ISBN 9780198727224 Richard Lynch Read the syndicated article here
Mad-Doctors in the Dock:. Defending the Diagnosis, 1760–1913 Joel Peter Eigen. Baltimore, MD.: Johns Hopkins University Press (2016) 224pp. £35.97hb ISBN 9781421420486
Mad-Doctors in the Dock:. Defending the Diagnosis, 1760–1913 Joel Peter Eigen. Baltimore, MD.: Johns Hopkins University Press (2016) 224pp. £ ISBN 9781421420486 Ystehede Read the syndicated article here
Waiting at the Prison Gate: Women, Identity and the Russian Penal System Judith Pallot and Elena Katz. London: I.B. Tauris (2017) 352pp. £69.00hb ISBN 978 1 78453 660 2
Waiting at the Prison Gate: Women, Identity and the Russian Penal System Judith Pallot and Elena Katz. London: Tauris (2017) 352pp. £ ISBN 978 1 78453 660 2 Bill Bowring Read the syndicated article here