Publication

Prison Service Journal: 224

Wednesday, 2 March 2016

This edition covers two subjects of central interest to the Prison Service Journal: the insection of theory and practice, and the value of the direct and unmediated voice of those inside prisons.

In this edition:

Book reviews:

  • Organizational Change through Individual Empowerment: Applying social psychology in prisons and policing, by Hans Toch (reviewed by Dr Ruth Mann)
  • Power and crime: The Routledge international handbook of the crimes of the powerful, by Gregg Barak (Ed) (reviewed by Dr Jamie Bennett)
  • Crime, inequality, and power, by Eileen Leonard (reviewed by Dr Jamie Bennett)
  • Power and crime, by Vincenzo Ruggiero (reviewed by Dr Jamie Bennett)
  • An Eye for an Eye: A Global History of Crime and Punishment, by Mitchel P. Roth (reviewed by Professor Alyson Brown)
  • Carceral Geography: Spaces and practices of Incarceration, by Dominique Moran (reviewed by Dr Sacha Darke)
  • Inmates’: Narratives and Discursive Discipline in Prison, by Jennifer A. Schlosser (reviewed by Paul Crossey)