Making Good

Making Good Author: Martin Wright
Publisher: Waterside Press

Making Good — one of the classic and original works on restorative justice — argues that the real need in restorative justice is for fundamental rethinking, rather than short-term tinkering, with a prison system in an intolerable state of crisis. In this second edition — which also includes a new foreword by one ...

How Effective Is Correctional Education, and Where Do We Go from Here? The Results of a Comprehensive Evaluation

How Effective Is Correctional Education  and Where Do We Go from Here  The Results of a Comprehensive Evaluation Author: Lois M. Davis
Publisher: Rand Corporation

More than 2 million adults are incarcerated in U.S. prisons, and each year more than 700,000 leave federal and state prisons and return to communities. Unfortunately, within three years, 40 percent will be reincarcerated. One reason for this is that ex-offenders lack the knowledge, training, and skills to support a successful return ...

Restorative Justice in Prisons

Restorative Justice in Prisons Author: Kimmett Edgar
Publisher: Waterside Press

'Restorative Justice in Prisons' explains how restorative justice can be delivered in the prison setting. The book contains practical advice from two seasoned practitioners and offers a new perspective on the needs of victims....

Invisible Women

Invisible Women Author: Angela Devlin
Publisher: Waterside Press

More and more women are being sent to prison: at the time when this book was written UK numbers had doubled over the last five years, and the Prison Reform Trust called this 'a rate of increase without precedent in the modern era.' Indeed, the figures for convicted women ...

Continuity of Offender Treatment for Substance Disorders from Institution to Community

Continuity of Offender Treatment for Substance Disorders from Institution to Community Author: Gary Field
Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Spotlights the important moment in recovery when an offender who has received substance use disorder treatment while incarcerated is released into the community. Provides guidelines for ensuring continuity of care for the offender client. Treatment providers must collaborate with parole officers & others who supervise released offenders. This report explains how ...

Snowbound

Snowbound Author: Bill Pronzini
Publisher: Speaking Volumes

The residents of a resort village in the Sierra Nevadas are trapped by a blizzard with three professional killers....

They Call Me Korney

They Call Me Korney Author: Michael F. Rizzo
Publisher: Michael F. Rizzo

"Tony Kalkiewicz was a hardened career gangster. When he met the younger, up-and-coming bootlegger John Kwiatkowski, they hit it off. But when the smarter John took over his gang, Tony gave up the life. In the end they would need each other for one last, explosive heist that would be ...

The Geese Theatre Handbook

The Geese Theatre Handbook Author: Clark Baim
Publisher: Waterside Press

Explains the thinking behind the Geese Theatre Company's approach to applied drama with offenders and people at risk of offending, including young people. It also contains over 100 exercises with explanations, instructions, and suggestions to help practitioners develop their own style and approach. The materials can be readily adapted to other ...

Dovegate

Dovegate Author: Eric Cullen
Publisher: Waterside Press

A closely observed account of the UK's first private sector prison-based Therapeutic Community (TC)-a 200-bed facility....

Lost Ate My Life

Lost Ate My Life Author: Jon Lachonis
Publisher: ECW Press

An examination of the fandom that supports the show and a magnified view of the plot....

DC Blood Brothers

DC Blood Brothers Author: Viyo Lance
Publisher: La Femme Fatale Publishing

"One murder shatters a beautiful family residing in the metro area of Washington DC. When their father is murdered by a drug addict, two sons slowly drift apart, finding themselves on different sides of the law. With each crime Anthony commits, his older brother Jason is brought closer to a ...

Recapturing Freedom

Recapturing Freedom Author: Dot Goulding
Publisher: Hawkins Press

Recapturing Freedom is about the experience of long-term prisoners as they prepare for release. Dot Goulding shows the connection between the institutionalisation that strips inmates of their identity in order to make them tractable, and their subsequent, all-too-common failure to cope with life on the outside. Her book is based ...

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Correctional Education

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Correctional Education Author: Lois M. Davis
Publisher: Rand Corporation

After conducting a comprehensive literature search, the authors undertook a meta-analysis to examine the association between correctional education and reductions in recidivism, improvements in employment after release from prison, and other outcomes. The study finds that receiving correctional education while incarcerated reduces inmates' risk of recidivating and may improve their ...

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Correctional Education

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Correctional Education Author: Lois M. Davis
Publisher: Rand Corporation

After conducting a comprehensive literature search, the authors undertook a meta-analysis to examine the association between correctional education and reductions in recidivism, improvements in employment after release from prison, and other outcomes. The study finds that receiving correctional education while incarcerated reduces inmates' risk of recidivating and may improve their ...

A Sticky Situation

A Sticky Situation Author: Kiki Swinson
Publisher: Melodrama Publishing

Federal parole officer Maxine Shaw risks everything when she lets her guard down and begins dating parolee Seth Richardson, but finds herself up against stiff competition when his "ride or die" chick Samantha Mitchell comes home after serving jail time in a federal camp. Original....

Drug Treatment in Prison

Drug Treatment in Prison Author: Carol Martin
Publisher: Waterside Press

An excellent analysis of UK inititiaves to test prisoners for drugs and alcohol. The findings of a two-year study into the effectiveness of the RAPt drug treatment programme which enables male prisoners with self-confessed problems of substance misuse to lead a drug and alcohol-free life in prison and in the ...

My Experiences as an Executioner

My Experiences as an Executioner Author: James Berry
Publisher: Gottfried & Fritz

My Experiences as an Executioner is the real-life account of English executioner James Berry, born in 1852 and died in 1913. In this book, the executioner recounts some of the executions that he personally conducted; he names names and also describes the methods whereby he executed his victims. In addition, the executioner ...

Restoring Respect for Justice

Restoring Respect for Justice Author: Martin Wright
Publisher: Waterside Press

This book records a symposium where imaginary presenters consisting of a politician, judge, psychologist, probation officer, victim assistance worker, philosopher and mediator discuss crime and punishment. This is the springboard for a review of developments in the field of restorative justice, challenging many 'sacred cows' of crime and punishment and ...

Restoring Respect for Justice

Restoring Respect for Justice Author: Martin Wright
Publisher: Waterside Press

A highly innovative account that sets out the arguments for restorative justice in the form of a fictional debate - by one of the founders of the victims movement. A must for anyone interested in restorative justice or dealing with victim/offender issues - including politicians! This extraordinary book describes ...

A Book of Scoundrels

A Book of Scoundrels Author: Charles Whibley
Publisher: 1st World Publishing

Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. 1st World Library-Literary Society is a non-profit educational organization. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - There are other manifestations of greatness than to relieve suffering or to wreck an empire. ...

The New York City Police Department's Stop & Frisk Practices

The New York City Police Department s Stop   Frisk Practices Author: Eliot Spitzer
Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Canvasses 3 different perspectives on "stop and frisk" (S&F) police activity in NY City. Provides the legal definition of, and constitutional parameters for S&F encounters. Considers S&F from the perspective of both the N.Y. City Police Dept. (NYPD) and minority communities that believe they have been most ...