This book is a reflection on the nature of confinement, experienced by some people as everyday life. It explores the meanings, purposes, and consequences involved with spending every day inside prison. Female Imprisonment results from an ethnographic study carried out in a small prison facility located in the south of Portugal, and Frois uses the data to analyze how incarcerated women talk abou…
This volume explores the role that European institutions have come to play in regulating national prisons systems. The authors introduce and contribute to advancing a new research agenda in international penology (‘Europe in prisons’) which complements the conventional comparative approach (‘prisons in Europe’). The chapters examine the impact – if any – that institutions such a…
Section 1. Desistance Pathways for Specific Offender-Groups -- Chapter 1. Narratives of Punishment and Frustrated Desistance in the Lives of Repeatedly Criminalised Women; Serena Wright -- Chapter 2. ‘I Want to Be a Dad to Him, I Don’t Just Want to be Someone He Comes and Sees in Prison’; Emily Turner -- Chapter 3. The Desistance Process of Offenders Who Misuse Drugs; Charlotte Colman and…
This book draws on historical and cross-disciplinary studies to critically examine penal practices in Scandinavia. The Nordic countries are often hailed by international observers as ‘model societies’, with egalitarian welfare policies, low rates of poverty, humane social policies and human rights oriented internal agendas. This book, however, paints a much more nuanced picture of the welfa…
Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Unique Challenges of Reentry for Convicted Sex Offenders -- Chapter 3. A Family Systems Perspective in Prisoner Reentry -- Chapter 4. Root and Rebound -- Chapter 5. What Works in Reentry and How to Improve Outcomes -- Chapter 6. Can Released Prisoners “Make it”? -- Chapter 7. Employment Isn't Enough -- Epilogue.This book addresses the core issues in pri…
1. Introduction: Co-production and Carceral Spatiality; Dominique Moran and Anna Schliehe -- PART I: Mapping Beyond Carceral Identities -- 2. Entangled Identities Inside and Outside; Lorraine van Blerk -- 3. An Extended Social Relational Approach to Learning Disability Incarcerated; Caitlin Gormley -- 4. Towards a Feminist Carceral Geography? Of female Offenders and Prison Spaces; Anna Schliehe…
Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Reducing Risk and Encouraging Desistance -- Chapter 3. Supporting Agency and Facilitating Reintegration -- Chapter 4 Resilience and Belonging -- Chapter 5. Redirecting the Motivation to Offend -- Chapter 6. Reintegrating Extremists.This book presents an in-depth analysis of how statutory and third sector organisations have faced the challenge of dealing wit…
1. Impact and the Reflexive Imperative in Criminal Justice Policy, Practice and Research; Sarah Armstrong, Jarrett Blaustein, Alistair Henry -- 2. Interpreting Influence; Harry Annison -- 3. When the Stars Align; Elaine Fishwick -- 4. Towards Hope, Solidarity and Re-Humanisation; Ruari-Santiago McBride -- 5. Policy as a Crime Scene; Sarah Armstrong, Anita Lam -- 6. Reflexivity in Statistics as …
1. Historical Evolution of Sex Offender Risk Management; Hazel Kemshall -- 2. Public Health, Prevention and Risk Management; Jon Brown -- 3. Public Education, Prevention and Risk Management; Joan Tabachnick, Kieran Mccartan -- 4. Preventive Sentencing; Nicola Padfield -- 5. “An Exceptional Sentence”; Yvonne Gailey, Lesley Martin, Rachel Webb -- 6. Panic or Placebo?; Andy Williams -- 7. Buil…
1. Behavioural Crime Linkage And Multi-Agency Working; Leah. Ashmore-Hills, Amy. Burrell, Matthew Tonkin -- 2. Assessment Of Risk To Sexually Reoffend; Robin Wilson, Jeffrey C. Sandler -- 3. Critical Reflections On The Risk-Based Prevention Of Sexual Offending By Young People; Stephen Case -- 4. Managing Sexual And Violent Offenders Across Eu Borders; Sarah Hilder -- 5. Online Sex Offending And…