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  • The Innocent Manby John Grisham

    Random House Publishing Group 2010; US$ 9.99

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In the town of Ada, Oklahoma, Ron Williamson was going to be the next Mickey Mantle. But on his way to the Big Leagues, Ron stumbled, his dreams broken by drinking, drugs, and women. Then, on a winter night in 1982, not far from Ron’s home, a young cocktail waitress named Debra Sue Carter was savagely murdered. The investigation led nowhere. Until, on the flimsiest evidence, it led to Ron Williamson. The washed-up small-town hero was charged, tried, and sentenced to death—in a trial littered with lying witnesses and tainted evidence that would shatter a man’s already broken life, and let a true killer go free. Impeccably researched, grippingly told, filled with eleventh-hour drama,... more...

  • Andersonvilleby John McElroy

    Digital Scanning, Inc. 2000; US$ 4.95

    A reprint edition of the 1879 title. The years 1864-65 were a season of desperate battles, but in that time many more Union soldiers died of starvation and exposure than were killed by cannon and rifle. more...

  • Effective Teaching in Correctional Settingsby Robert G. Thomas; Murray Thomas

    Charles C Thomas 2008; US$ 39.95

    This book has a dual purpose: to identify problems faced by people who teach in correctional institutions and to propose solutions for those problems. The intent of this book is to help both new instructors as well as current ones perform their jobs effectively. The book is divided into three parts. The first part introduces the reader to the field of correctional education, describing correctional efforts in America, the kinds of facilities, the inmate populations, and the controversies, including advocates and critics, over providing educational opportunities. A description is provided on the kinds of educational and rehabilitation programs, including the varieties and sources of teachers and administrators. Part two explores the teaching... more...

  • Inside Rikersby Jennifer Wynn

    St. Martin's Press 2002; US$ 9.99

    Part memoir, part social commentary, Inside Rikers details the author's experiences on Rikers--the largest, most expensive correctional facility in the world. Wynn offers a compelling portrait of its 18,000 inmates and how Rikers was transformed from one of the most violent jails into one of the safest. more...

  • The Soldier's Story of His Captivity at Andersonville, Belle Isle, and Other Rebel Prisonsby Warren Lee Goss

    Digital Scanning, Inc. 2001; US$ 4.95

    During the Civil War tens of thousands of soldiers died in prisons. In Andersonville Prison Pen alone over 11,000 soldiers of the 33,000 died of starvation, exposure and consumption or other disease. In The Soldier?s Story Goss, a member of the 2nd Massachusetts Regiment of Heavy Artillery during the war, writes of his captivity at Andersonville and Belle Isle prisons. Goss was a prisoner twice, once in 1862 for four months and in 1864 for nine months. His experience in these prisons was of a kind that few endure and live to write about. Although he attempts to relate the tale of horrors experienced in these prisons without exaggeration, he realizes that it is hard to comprehend that men can live through some of the cruelties of which he... more...

  • Prison Life in Dixieby Sergeant Oats

    Digital Scanning, Inc. 2000; US$ 3.95

    The author describes his harrowing capture and imprisonment by the Rebels at Sumter Prison a.k.a. ?Andersonville Prison Pen?. Renowned as one of the worst prisons of the Civil War, the Andersonville pen spread over only 11 acres, with a 12-foot wall surrounding over 33,000 Union soldiers. Jumping from a moving train to escape, Oats and his companion traveled by night through swamps, woods, and fields, subsisting on frogs and corn only to be recaptured by enemy soldiers. Transported from jail to jail, spirits broken, lice-ridden, starved, and ill-clothed, the two men landed back at the Andersonville pen in an evil twist of fate. more...

  • In Vinculis; or, The Prisoner of War. Being, the Experience of a Rebel in Two Federal Pens, Interspersed with Reminiscences of the Late War; Anecdotes of Southern Generals, etc.by Anthony M. Keiley

    Digital Scanning, Inc. 2001; US$ 4.95

    Written by Anthony Keiley, a confederate soldier from Virginia, In Vinculis or The Prisoner of War tells the story of his experiences in two federal prisons during the Civil War. Keiley was captured when Generals Gillmore and Kautz were sent to capture Petersburg, and destroy the railroad and common bridges across the Appomatox in June of 1864. A revised edition was issued in response to the false depictions of southern character put forth by the northern press. At the same time he urged other soldiers to contribute their experiences of the atrocities committed against the people of the southern states by the Union armies in the name of liberty. more...

  • Acts of Abuseby Adam Sampson

    Routledge 1993; US$ 59.95

    An exploration of responses of the judicial system to the explosion of media interest in sexual crimes: this study uses current data on the causes and charts the reactions of the services dealing with the growing number of sex offenders. more...

  • Crime and Punishment in Ancient Romeby Richard A. Bauman

    Routledge 1996; US$ 135.00

    Richard A. Bauman tells the history of punishment from the Roman Republic to the late Empire, thus shedding light on some decisive aspects of Roman history. more...

  • Acres of Skinby Allen M. Hornblum

    Routledge 1999; US$ 41.95

    Based on experiments on inmates in Philadelphia's Holmsburg Prison in the 1950s-1970s, this book raises provocative questions about human rights, prison treatment and medical and research ethics. more...