Doing Time: An Introduction to the Sociology of Imprisonment

This book is designed to acquaint students with some of the main issues associated with the emergence and development of the modern prison. It draws on a range of sociological theorising in order to analyse the organisation and the functioning of the prison. It examines the conditions for the expansion of the prison and explores the possibilities for limiting prison use through the development of alternatives to custody. In particular, it looks in some detail at the relation between imprisonment and class, age, gender and race.

Politics & Social Sciences

Matthews, R.

Social Sciences

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

This wide-ranging book provides a uniquely sociological account of the development and role of imprisonment in modern society. In developing the thesis that the process of imprisonment has shaped by changing the nature of space, time, and labor it examine

Exiting Prostitution: A Study in Female Desistance

Philosophy

How people move from deviant to conventional lifestyles is an issue that has attracted considerable interest over the past few years. However, much of this work has focused on men desisting from crime. This book provides one of the first examinations of desistance which is centred on women and, more specifically, how they exit prostitution.

Bindel, Julie

Young, Lisa

Easton, Helen

Realist Criminology

Criminology has expanded significantly as an academic discipline, but it has been argued that it is becoming increasingly socially and politically irrelevant. This book aims to address this problem by rethinking the theoretical underpinnings and research methods we use, to form a criminology that is critical, engaged and useful. The left realist approach to criminology has changed considerably over the past twenty years and continues to make an important contribution to the theoretical study of crime, as well as issues such as crime prevention, policing, prisons, and community safety. As one of the pioneers of realist criminology, Roger Matthews presents a coherent overview of its development and continued relevance. By providing a critique of some of the dominant approaches in criminology, this book sets a new agenda for theoretical and practical engagement and will appeal to all those interested in making sense of contemporary forms of social control and developing types of analysis and intervention which are designed to produce a more effective and just criminal justice system.

Criminology has expanded significantly as an academic discipline, but it has been argued that it is becoming increasingly socially and politically irrelevant. This books aims to address this problem by rethinking the theoretical underpinnings and research methods we use, to form a criminology that is critical, engaged and useful.The left realist approach to criminology has changed considerably over the past twenty years and continues to make an important contribution to the theoretical study of crime, as well as issues such as crime prevention, policing, prisons, and community safety. As one of the pioneers of realist criminology, Roger Matthews presents a coherent overview of its development and continued relevance. By providing a critique of some of the dominant approaches in criminology, this book sets a new agenda for theoretical and practical engagement and will appeal to all those interested in making sense of contemporary forms of social control and developing types of analysis and intervention which are designed to produce a more effective and just criminal justice system.

It is now more than twenty years since a proposal was first mooted to hold an international tunnelling symposium in Britain. At the time of the first symposium, held in London in 1976, the Channel Tunnel pro ject had just been shelved. Last weekend a charity walk was held in the finished tunnel, which will be open for business later in the year. Tunnels have figured prominently, and at times spectacularly, in the development of national and international links and it is hoped that such links gather pace in the future. It is particularly pleasing that Alastair Biggart of Storebrelt has agreed to deliver the twenty-sixth Sir Julius Wernher Memorial Lecture of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, entitled 'The changing face of tunnelling', at the start of this event. * Although almost every edition of the technical journals on tunnelling reports another £1 billion scheme somewhere in the world, it would be unfair of me to suggest that tunnelling is restricted to these prestigious schemes for major transport links. Much of the work that makes mod ern life possible receives hardly a mention outside the technical press and one suspects that society at large applies the 'out of sight, out of mind' attitude even more readily to underground construction than it does to other forms of engineering. Clearly, there is a contiiming need to improve the capacity and performance of our infrastructure, while hav ing a careful regard for the environment.

Tunnelling ’94: Papers presented at the seventh international symposium, ‘Tunnelling’94’

Mair, R. J.

Farmer, I.W.

Beckmann, Uwe

MacDonald, Dan

Murray, A. D.

Aarvold, Vidar

Chudleigh, I. L. J.

Webb, N. S.

Featherstone, G. A.

Bandmann, Manfred

Ramisch, H.

Cole, B. J.

Lees, H. J.

Dietz, Walter

Fawcett, D. F.

Chapman, P. J.

Barratt, D. A.

O’Reilly, M. P.

Temporal, John

Baston-Pitt, Jon

Fredriksen, F. J.

Aabøe, Roald

Hasle, G. J.

Hobson, D. A.

Gilchrist, D. C.

Jancsecz, Sandor

Steiner, Walter

Farrow, J. P.

Claye, P. M.

Warren, R. B.

Ginary, M. A.

Kruizenga, H.

Weeks, C. R.

Winterton, T. R.

Leblais, Y.

Leblond, L.

Malios, Yannis

Peron, J. Y.

Marcheselli, P.

Catling, P.

Scholey, J.

Marrai, Bruno

Davies, P. G.

Tibau, Guilherme

Gutenwik, Erik

Santana, Maurício

Pellegri, Pierre Jean

Fowell, R. J.

Richardson, G.

Gollick, M. J.

Beatty, J. G.

Ganey, R. J.

Killingsworth, J. E.

Arthur, L. J.

Darby, A. W.

Rafoneke, B.

Daws, Graham

Innaurato, Nicola

Mancini, Renato

Rondena, Enrico

Zaninetti, Attilio

Coutts, A. W. P.

Davies, H. R.

Curtis, R. S.

Finch, A. P.

Lovat, R. P.

Deane, A. P.

Burgess, K. T.

Knights, M. C.

Oswell, M. A.

Mak, B. W. L.

Morfeldt, Daniel

Martin, C. J. H.

Pakes, G.

Finnsson, Sigurdur

Janzon, H. A.

Laughton, C.

Al-Jalil, Y. Abd

Remington, R.

Caspe, H. P.

Kim, A. Y.

Bergen, L. J.

Araujo, J. R.

Axhausen, Klaus

Hellings, J. E.

Harris, D. I.

Love, J. P.

Blakey, D.

New, B. M.

Bowers, K. H.

Nelson, P. P.

Harpf, Richard

Kettle, C.

Reference

Springer

An important study of the early history of Mesopotamia based on an in-depth knowledge of recent archaeological finds. Roger Matthews traces the development of this area from the earliest evidence for hominids, through the early Holocene, from hunters to farmers and to the onset of more developed, increasingly complex societies. The geography, climate and ecology of the area sets the scene for this discussion which makes constant reference to up-to-date archaeological evidence.

The Early Prehistory of Mesopotamia (Subartu)

History

Ancient Civilizations

Brepols Publishers

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