"Jeffreys’s book allows for a unique, interdisciplinary perspective in understanding American jails and highlights the plight of inmates and considers philosophical questions about human dignity in U.S. jails." clcjbooks.rutgers.edu/books/americas…

"The author ambitiously sketches a categorical model based on an impressive literature review of ethnographic case studies, seeking to illustrate why prisons’ regimes differ so radically across the world and through time." clcjbooks.rutgers.edu/books/the-puzz…

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"Chinese Courts and Criminal Procedure is a deliciously dense book. It provides a rich, satisfying exploration of key criminal procedure reforms as well as a broader view of Chinese courts that spans far beyond criminal justice." clcjbooks.rutgers.edu/books/chinese-…

GIDEON’S PROMISE: A PUBLIC DEFENDER MOVEMENT TO TRANSFORM CRIMINAL JUSTICE (from Beacon Press) Don't miss @TigranEldred's (New England Law | Boston) review of Jonathan Rapping's (ATL's John Marshall) recent book. clcjbooks.rutgers.edu/books/gideons-…

STOP & FRISK AND THE POLITICS OF CRIME IN CHICAGO (from Oxford University Press) Delve into Dr Paul Bleakley' (University of New Haven, Historical Criminology) review of Wesley Skogan's (Northwestern Political Science, Weinberg College at Northwestern) latest book. clcjbooks.rutgers.edu/books/stop-and…

“BEYOND THE LAW”: THE POLITICS OF ENDING THE DEATH PENALTY FOR SODOMY IN BRITAIN (from Temple Univ Press) Check out Richard Ward's (Exeter History, University of Exeter) review of Charles Upchurch's (FSU History, @floridastate) recent book. clcjbooks.rutgers.edu/books/beyond-t…

THE INSANITY DEFENCE: INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES (from Oxford University Press) Open up Lea Johnston's (UF Levin College of Law) review of this volume from Ronnie Mackay (dmuleicester) & Warren Brookbanks (AUT Law, AUT University). clcjbooks.rutgers.edu/books/the-insa…

FEMINIST JUDGMENTS: REWRITTEN CRIMINAL LAW OPINIONS (from Oxford University Press) Start the week with Kimberly Bailey's (Chicago-Kent Law) review of this volume from bennett capers (Fordham Law), Sarah Deer (University of Kansas) & Corey Yung @[email protected] (KU School of Law). clcjbooks.rutgers.edu/books/feminist…

ACHIEVING CONSISTENCY IN SENTENCING (from Oxford University Press) Read Rob Canton's (dmuleicester) review of Lyndon Harris' (6KBW College Hill) recent book. clcjbooks.rutgers.edu/books/achievin…

POLICING PROTEST: THE POST-DEMOCRATIC STATE AND THE FIGURE OF BLACK INSURRECTION (from Duke University Press) Open up Heidi Reynolds-Stenson's (CSU Pueblo) review of Paul Passavant's (HWS Colleges) recent book. clcjbooks.rutgers.edu/books/policing…

DEATH BY PRISON: THE EMERGENCE OF LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE AND PERPETUAL CONFINEMENT (from University of California Press (is on Bluesky)) Cap the week with Dr. Stuti S. Kokkalera's (Dept. of Criminal Justice & Criminology @ SHSU) review of Christopher Seeds' (UCI Social Ecology) latest book. clcjbooks.rutgers.edu/books/death-by…

WAYWARD DRAGON: WHITE-COLLAR AND CORPORATE CRIME IN CHINA (from Springer Nature) Start the week with Hong Lu (UNLV) & Shujing Shi's (Criminology Cambs) review of the latest from Adam Ghazi-Tehrani (UA Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice) & Henry Pontell (John Jay Research). clcjbooks.rutgers.edu/books/wayward-…

THE LAST HONEST MAN: THE CIA, THE FBI, THE MAFIA, AND THE KENNEDYS – AND ONE SENATOR’S FIGHT TO SAVE DEMOCRACY (from Little, Brown and Co) Delve into Frederick Marten's (Global Initiative, The Vidocq Society) review of @JamesRisen1's (The Intercept) latest book. clcjbooks.rutgers.edu/books/the-last…

AMERICAN ROULETTE: THE SOCIAL LOGIC OF DEATH PENALTY SENTENCING TRIALS (from University of California Press (is on Bluesky)) Open Matthew West's (SIU Carbondale) review of @SkaufmanBeth's (Trinity University) recent book. clcjbooks.rutgers.edu/books/american…

THE FEAR OF TOO MUCH JUSTICE: HOW RACE AND POVERTY UNDERMINE FAIRNESS IN THE CRIMINAL COURTS (from The New Press) Check out Marc Bookman's (Atlantic Center for Capital Representation) review of the latest from Stephen Bright (Yale Law School) & James Kwak (Southern Center for Human Rights). clcjbooks.rutgers.edu/books/the-fear…

FREE JOAN LITTLE: THE POLITICS OF RACE, SEXUAL VIOLENCE, AND IMPRISONMENT (from UNC Press) Cap the week with Elizabeth Barahona's (NU Chabraja Center, Northwestern) review of Christina Greene's (UW-Madison Department of History) monograph. clcjbooks.rutgers.edu/books/free-joa…

ALIBIS AND CORROBORATORS: PSYCHOLOGICAL, CRIMINOLOGICAL, AND LEGAL PERSPECTIVES (from Springer Nature) Start the week with Shiri Portnoy's (Teesside Psychology) review of the latest from Joshua Behl (Flagler College) & Megan Kienzle (Austin Peay State University). clcjbooks.rutgers.edu/books/alibis-a…

CONSENT IN THE PRESENCE OF FORCE: SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND BLACK WOMEN’S SURVIVAL IN ANTEBELLUM NEW ORLEANS (from UNC Press) Open up Brianne Posey's (CSUN CSBS, Cal State Northridge) review of Emily Owens' (CogutInstitute, Brown History Dept.) latest book. clcjbooks.rutgers.edu/books/consent-…

PRISONS AND HEALTH IN THE AGE OF MASS INCARCERATION (from Oxford University Press) Read Dr. Meghan Novisky's (Cleveland State University) review of the latest from Jason Schnittker (Sociology at Penn), Michael Massoglia (UW-Madison Sociology) & Christopher Uggen (UMN Sociology). clcjbooks.rutgers.edu/books/prisons-…