Five highly recommended books which should be in the library of all critical criminologists. All are great reads.
Each one is available second hand on Amazon marketplace for 1p. You have to pay a further £2.75 p&p but given the size of a couple of these that is not bad.
1. Steven Box
Power, Crime and Mystification
One of the classics of radical criminology - a compelling account of how power and powerlessness operate within the criminal justice system.
•Paperback: 272 pages
•Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (24 Nov 1983)
2. Prue Stevenson & Una Padel
Insiders: Women's Experience of Prison
Gives voice to women incarcerated in Britain
•Paperback: 224 pages
•Publisher: Virago Press Ltd (14 April 1988)
3. Ronnie Thompson
Screwed: The Truth About Life as a Prison Officer
'My name is Ronnie Thompson. Being a prison officer was something I used to be proud of. I soon realised the truth of what its like working as a screw, though.It's afucking headache. Corruption, danger, violence. Welcome to my world.'
•Paperback: 384 pages
•Publisher: Headline Review (24 Jul 2008)
4. Nelson Mandela
A Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
The story of a convicted Terrorist
•Paperback: 784 pages
•Publisher: Abacus; New edition edition (12 Oct 1995)
5. Roger Graef
Living Dangerously: Young Offenders in Their Own Words
The author looks at the experiences of a group of young offenders on a probation programme in Britain, looking at individuals, the crimes they have committed, their circumstances and the problems they face.
•Hardcover: 272 pages
•Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd (4 Jan 1993)
For all of these there are a number of 1p copies but these can sell out.
Happy reading
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