Explores how women inmates make the transition from prison back into society.

This book is a carefully documented history of psychiatric care in Newfoundland, Canada, focusing on the Waterford Hospital and covering the period roughly 1800 to 1972. The work describes and…

Offers a perspective on the colonial stereotype of the exotic Pacific island woman, tracing the evolution of female primitivism from Western antiquity to twentieth-century Hollywood. This book includes 37 illustrations…

Offers new perspectives on the history, legacies and impact of the League of Nations. This book revitalises the history of the League, and deepens understandings of how its “many organs’…

Focusing on English-language publications of the last decade, this guide identifies and describes key reference and information sources in the field of education today. In addition to general reference sources…

The numbers of women offenders involved in the correctional system are quickly growing. Drugs, Women, and Justicegathers a distinguished group of researchers and policy analysts into one volume to explore…

Anti-Oppressive Social Work Practice and the Carceral State plots a transformative path by using an anti-oppressive and transformative approach to critically examine strategies to shift punishment-centered practices to build collaborative…

Tackling subjects as Jewish environmental ethics, Zen in the workplace, and Christian social ethics, this anthology contains a collection gathered across religious perspectives which illustrates the growing influence and contribution…