Bøker i Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology-serien

This book examines the nature of relations between penal reform campaigners, journalists and policymakers at the crime-media nexus. While penal reformers have traditionally relied on the language of humanitarianism to influence the direction of policy, there remains an array of political and cultural sticking points.

This edited collection utilises recent advances in theories on masculinities to explore and analyse the ways in which prisons shape performances of gender, both within prison settings and following release from prison.

More specifically, the means by which prison security and inmate discipline is negotiated between prison managers, gangs and the wider inmate body. While fragile and varied, this historical tradition of co-produced governance has for decades kept most prisons in better order and enabled most prisoners to better survive.

This collection considers human rights and incarceration in relation to the liberal-democratic states of Australia, New Zealand and the UK.

This handbook brings together the international research focussing on prisoners' families and the impact of imprisonment on them.

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.