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The Oxford History of the Prison: The Practice of Punishment in Western Society (Paperback)

The Oxford History of the Prison: The Practice of Punishment in Western Society (Paperback)

The Oxford History of the Prison: The Practice of Punishment in Western Society (Paperback)

By: Norval Morris

The Rise of the Penitentiary Prisons and Punishment in Early America (Yale Historical Publications Series)

The Rise of the Penitentiary Prisons and Punishment in Early America (Yale Historical Publications Series)

The Rise of the Penitentiary Prisons and Punishment in Early America (Yale Historical Publications Series)

By: Adam Jay Hirsch

Until We Reckon: Violence, Mass Incarceration, and a Road to Repair (Kindle Edition)

Until We Reckon: Violence, Mass Incarceration, and a Road to Repair (Kindle Edition)

Until We Reckon: Violence, Mass Incarceration, and a Road to Repair (Kindle Edition)

By: Danielle Sered

Colored Amazons: Crime, Violence, and Black Women in the City of Brotherly Love, 1880-1910 (Paperback)

Colored Amazons: Crime, Violence, and Black Women in the City of Brotherly Love, 1880-1910 (Paperback)

Colored Amazons: Crime, Violence, and Black Women in the City of Brotherly Love, 1880-1910 (Paperback)

By: Kali Nicole Gross

Separated: Inside An American Tragedy (ebook)

Separated: Inside An American Tragedy (ebook)

Separated: Inside An American Tragedy (ebook)

By: Jacob Soboroff

The Crisis of Imprisonment: Protest, Politics, and the Making of the American Penal State, 1776–1941 (Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society)

The Crisis of Imprisonment: Protest, Politics, and the Making of the American Penal State, 1776–1941 (Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society)

The Crisis of Imprisonment: Protest, Politics, and the Making of the American Penal State, 1776–1941 (Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society)

By: Rebecca McLennan

Golden Gulag: Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing California (Paperback)

Golden Gulag: Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing California (Paperback)

Golden Gulag: Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing California (Paperback)

By: Ruth Wilson Gilmore

One Dies, Get Another: Convict Leasing in the American South, 1866-1928 (Hardcover)

One Dies, Get Another: Convict Leasing in the American South, 1866-1928 (Hardcover)

One Dies, Get Another: Convict Leasing in the American South, 1866-1928 (Hardcover)

By: Matthew J. Mancini

The Oxford Handbook of the History of Crime and Criminal Justice (Hardcover)

The Oxford Handbook of the History of Crime and Criminal Justice (Hardcover)

The Oxford Handbook of the History of Crime and Criminal Justice (Hardcover)

By: Paul Knepper

The Prison and the Factory: Origins of the Penitentiary System (Hardcover)

The Prison and the Factory: Origins of the Penitentiary System (Hardcover)

The Prison and the Factory: Origins of the Penitentiary System (Hardcover)

By: Dario Melossi

From Slave Ship to Supermax: Mass Incarceration, Prisoner Abuse, and the New Neo-Slave Novel (Paperback)

From Slave Ship to Supermax: Mass Incarceration, Prisoner Abuse, and the New Neo-Slave Novel (Paperback)

From Slave Ship to Supermax: Mass Incarceration, Prisoner Abuse, and the New Neo-Slave Novel (Paperback)

By: Patrick Elliot Alexander

Race, Incarceration, and American Values (Boston Review Books)

Race, Incarceration, and American Values (Boston Review Books)

Race, Incarceration, and American Values (Boston Review Books)

By: Glenn C. Loury

Criminal Intimacy: Prison and the Uneven History of Modern American Sexuality (Hardcover)

Criminal Intimacy: Prison and the Uneven History of Modern American Sexuality (Hardcover)

Criminal Intimacy: Prison and the Uneven History of Modern American Sexuality (Hardcover)

By: Regina G. Kunzel

Dark Matters: On the Surveillance of Blackness (Hardcover)

Dark Matters: On the Surveillance of Blackness (Hardcover)

Dark Matters: On the Surveillance of Blackness (Hardcover)

By: Simone Browne

Buried Lives: Incarcerated in Early America (Paperback)

Buried Lives: Incarcerated in Early America (Paperback)

Buried Lives: Incarcerated in Early America (Paperback)

By: Michele Lise Tarter

Laboratories of Virtue: Punishment, Revolution, and Authority in Philadelphia, 1760-1835 (Hardcover)

Laboratories of Virtue: Punishment, Revolution, and Authority in Philadelphia, 1760-1835 (Hardcover)

Laboratories of Virtue: Punishment, Revolution, and Authority in Philadelphia, 1760-1835 (Hardcover)

By: Michael Meranze

Twice the Work of Free Labor: The Political Economy of Convict Labor in the New South (Haymarket Series)

Twice the Work of Free Labor: The Political Economy of Convict Labor in the New South (Haymarket Series)

Twice the Work of Free Labor: The Political Economy of Convict Labor in the New South (Haymarket Series)

By: Alex Lichtenstein

Our Bodies, Our Crimes: The Policing of Women’s Reproduction in America (Alternative Criminology, 16)

Our Bodies, Our Crimes: The Policing of Women’s Reproduction in America (Alternative Criminology, 16)

Our Bodies, Our Crimes: The Policing of Women’s Reproduction in America (Alternative Criminology, 16)

By: Jeanne Flavin

The Law Is a White Dog: How Legal Rituals Make and Unmake Persons (Kindle Edition)

The Law Is a White Dog: How Legal Rituals Make and Unmake Persons (Kindle Edition)

The Law Is a White Dog: How Legal Rituals Make and Unmake Persons (Kindle Edition)

By: Colin Dayan

City of Inmates: Conquest, Rebellion, and the Rise of Human Caging in Los Angeles, 1771-1965 (Kindle Edition)

City of Inmates: Conquest, Rebellion, and the Rise of Human Caging in Los Angeles, 1771-1965 (Kindle Edition)

City of Inmates: Conquest, Rebellion, and the Rise of Human Caging in Los Angeles, 1771-1965 (Kindle Edition)

By: Kelly Lytle Hernández

Are Prisons Obsolete? (Paperback)

Are Prisons Obsolete? (Paperback)

Are Prisons Obsolete? (Paperback)

By: Angela Y. Davis

Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement (Paperback)

Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement (Paperback)

Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement (Paperback)

By: Ejeris Dixon

How Capitalism Underdeveloped Black America: Problems in Race, Political Economy, and Society (Paperback)

How Capitalism Underdeveloped Black America: Problems in Race, Political Economy, and Society (Paperback)

How Capitalism Underdeveloped Black America: Problems in Race, Political Economy, and Society (Paperback)

By: Manning Marable

On Crimes and Punishments and Other Writings (Paperback)

On Crimes and Punishments and Other Writings (Paperback)

On Crimes and Punishments and Other Writings (Paperback)

By: Cesare Beccaria

Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison (Paperback)

Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison (Paperback)

Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison (Paperback)

By: Michel Foucault

Their Sisters' Keepers: Women's Prison Reform in America, 1830-1930 (Women And Culture Series)

Their Sisters' Keepers: Women's Prison Reform in America, 1830-1930 (Women And Culture Series)

Their Sisters' Keepers: Women's Prison Reform in America, 1830-1930 (Women And Culture Series)

By: Estelle B. Freedman

The Little Book of Race and Restorative Justice: Black Lives, Healing, and US Social Transformation (Justice and Peacebuilding)

The Little Book of Race and Restorative Justice: Black Lives, Healing, and US Social Transformation (Justice and Peacebuilding)

The Little Book of Race and Restorative Justice: Black Lives, Healing, and US Social Transformation (Justice and Peacebuilding)

By: Fania Davis

Black Prisoners and Their World: Alabama, 1865-1900 (Paperback)

Black Prisoners and Their World: Alabama, 1865-1900 (Paperback)

Black Prisoners and Their World: Alabama, 1865-1900 (Paperback)

By: Mary Ellen Curtin

The Slave's Cause: A History of Abolition (Hardcover)

The Slave's Cause: A History of Abolition (Hardcover)

The Slave's Cause: A History of Abolition (Hardcover)

By: Manisha Sinha

A World Without Police: How Strong Communities Make Cops Obsolete (Hardcover)

A World Without Police: How Strong Communities Make Cops Obsolete (Hardcover)

A World Without Police: How Strong Communities Make Cops Obsolete (Hardcover)

By: Geo Maher

The Panopticon Writings (Radical Thinkers)

The Panopticon Writings (Radical Thinkers)

The Panopticon Writings (Radical Thinkers)

By: Jeremy Bentham