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  • Peace Inside

    A Prisoner's Guide to Meditation

    Edited by Sam Settle ...
    This moving book provides an inside-view of life in prison, and people's remarkable ability to make sense of their lives there as they learn to meditate. Drawing on years of intimate correspondence between prisoners and charity workers of the Prison Phoenix Trust, it traces prisoners' struggles through the harshest of circumstances to find authenticity, friendship and hope. This is not only an ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

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  • A Secret History of the Bangkok Hilton

    by Chavoret Jaruboon, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol ...
    Bang Kwang Prison is one of the most notorious penal institutions in the world. Located seven miles north of Bangkok city in the Nonthaburi Province, the prison is home to over 8,000 inmates, among them ruthless killers, rapists, drug traffickers, conmen and thieves.The Bangkok Hilton is understaffed, overcrowded, and filled with inmates who struggle with insanity as they spend the first months of ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Ultimate Punishment

    A Lawyer's Reflections on Dealing with the Death Penalty

    by Scott Turow ...
    The #1 New York Times -bestselling legal thriller writer delivers "the most convincing, levelheaded analysis of [the death penalty] I have encountered" ( The Washington Post ).Scott Turow is known to millions as the author of peerless novels about the troubling regions of experience where law and reality intersect. In "real life," as a respected criminal lawyer, he has been involv... ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Children in Prison and Other Cruelties of Prison Life

    by Oscar Wilde ...
    This is a letter Oscar Wilde wrote to the London Daily Chronicle after a guard in Reading prison, where Wilde himself was incarcorated, was fired for feeding a starving child that was imprisoned there: actually feeding prisoners was against regulations. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Cold Blooded Murder - When Pearl Gamble Rejected Robert McGladdery, Lust Turned to Rage. This is the True Story of Her Cruel, Vicious Murder

    by Patrick Greg ...
    On a cold, damp January night in 1961, 19-year-old Pearl Gamble made the final goodbye to her Mother an set off excitedly with two friends to the local dance. Little did Mrs Gamble know, it was the last time that she would see her daughter alive…The following day, the naked body of Pearl was discovered in the fields surrounding the small rural hamlet. She had been ferociously attacked: there were ... Read more

    $7.19 USD

  • Success as an Online Student

    Strategies for Effective Learning

    by Kevin Fandl, Jamie Smith ...
    This book is a practical guide for any student considering enrollment in, currently enrolled in, or recently graduated from an online course. The authors, both with substantial online teaching and learning experience as well as seasoned professionals, deliver concise guidance to make the online learning journey enjoyable, productive, and most of all, worthwhile. Major topics include how to ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • The Work-House

    by W H Davenport ...
    This short piece is a look inside working and some of the inmates of the Work-House on Blackwell's Island in New York City during the Mid 19th century. The work-house was filled with the poor and the petty criminals. The Penitentiary was filled with the big time criminals. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Biosocial Criminology

    New Directions in Theory and Research

    Edited by Anthony Walsh, Kevin M. Beaver ...
    Series series Criminology and Justice Studies
    Ideal for use, either as a second text in a standard criminology course, or for a discrete course on biosocial perspectives, this book of original chapters breaks new and important ground for ways today's criminologists need to think more broadly about the crime problem. ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

  • Killers Behind Bars

    Britain's Deadliest Murderers Tell Their Stories

    by Kate Kray ...
    When Kate married gangster Ronnie Kray, he introduced her to the most deadly criminals ever known. She persuaded them to talk about their crimes, fears and dreams. The result is a book offering an authentic, shocking and gripping insight into the criminal mind.In this true crime classic, Kate Kray delves into the world of some of Britain's most dangerous prisoners, conducting first-hand interviews ... Read more

    $5.39 USD

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  • The Cultural Lives of Capital Punishment

    Comparative Perspectives

    Edited by Austin Sarat, Christian Boulanger ...
    Series series The Cultural Lives of Law
    How does the way we think and feel about the world around us affect the existence and administration of the death penalty? What role does capital punishment play in defining our political and cultural identity?After centuries during which capital punishment was a normal and self-evident part of criminal punishment, it has now taken on a life of its own in various arenas far beyond the limits of ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • Reintegrating Extremists

    Deradicalisation and Desistance

    by Sarah V. Marsden ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This book presents an in-depth analysis of how statutory and third sector organisations have faced the challenge of dealing with former ‘terrorists’. Offering a theoretically robust, empirically rich account of work with ex-prisoners and those considered ‘at risk’ of involvement in extremism in the United Kingdom, Marsden dissects the problems governments are facing in dealing with the effects of ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • Murder & Mayhem in Nashville

    by Brian Allison ...
    From post–Civil War political feuds to Depression-era mass murder—explore the criminally fascinating secret history of Music City, USA.Nashville is known for its bold, progressive flair, but few are aware of its malevolent past. Now, historian Brian Allison sheds light on some of Nashville's darkest deeds in this compulsively readable chronicle of turn-of-the-century bad behavior.Included here are ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus