The Violence of Incarceration (Hardcover)

The contents include: Introduction: Theorising Violence in Carceral Contexts by Jude Mcculloch and Phil Scraton; Part One: Contemporary Historical Contexts; Beating Political Prisoners: The H Blocks - Laurence Mckeown, Coiste, Belfast; Entombing Resistance: Institutional Power and Polarisation in the Jika Jika High-Security Unit - Bree Carlton, Monash University; Protests and 'Riots' in the Violent Institution - Phil Scraton; Part Two: Current Issues; Child Incarceration: The Politics of Punishment and the Practice of Abuse - Barry Goldson, University Of Liverpool; Incarceration and Strip Searching as Sexual Violence - Amanda George and Jude Mcculloch, Deakin University and Monash University; and Degradation, Harm and Survival in a Woman's Prison - Phil Scraton and Linda Moore, Northern Ireland, Human Rights Commission.It also includes: Beyond 'Violence Against Women': Rethinking Gender Violence and the Prison Industrial Complex - Cassandra Shaylor; State Violence, Incarceration and the Refugee - Sharon Pickering, Monash University and Jude Mcculloch; the Imprisonment and Custody Deaths of Indigenous Peoples - Chris Cunneen, University Of Sydney; An Economy of Cruelty: Prisoner Accounts of the Psychological Violence of Everyday Life in Prison - Diana Medlicott, University of Buckingham; and A Reign Of Penal Terror: U. S. Statecraft and the Technology of Punishment and Capture - Dylan Rodriguez, Assistant Professor, Department Of Ethnic Studies, University Of California; Notes; Bibliography; and Index.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Advances in Criminology
Release date:	August 2008
First published:	2009
Editors:	Phil Scraton • Jude McCulloch
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	282
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-96313-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > Offenders > General
LSN:	0-415-96313-3
Barcode:	9780415963138

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