Prison and Punishment

Latest research

1. Mass Incarceration and Public Authority

   • Michael Law-Smith

   in Law and Philosophy

   Article 21 October 2025

2. Umsetzung des Rechts auf selbstbestimmtes Sterben bei Strafgefangenen

   in Medizinrecht

   Article 21 October 2025

3. Drug Purity and the Death Sentence in China: Evidence from Guangzhou City

   • Moulin Xiong
   • Shuai Duan
   • Minqi Zhao

   in European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research

   Article 14 October 2025

   

4. Mental healthcare practices from entry to release across Southeastern jails

   • Elena A. DiRosa
   • Tonya Van Deinse
   • David L. Rosen

   in BMC Health Services Research

   Article Open access 13 October 2025

   

5. Judicial enforcement as a worker discipline device

   • Stefano Dughera
   • Alessandro Melcarne

   in European Journal of Law and Economics

   Article Open access 10 October 2025

6. Training Correctional Staff to Recognize Criminal Thinking

   • Ashley B. Batastini
   • Ashley C.T. Jones
   • Kaylee Cook

   Book 2025

   

7. Words That Carry Weight: Messages of Reprimand Delivered by Judicial Officers in Child Sexual Abuse Material Cases

   • Larissa S. Christensen
   • Joanne Astle
   • George Tsagaris

   in Sexuality & Culture

   Article Open access 06 October 2025

   

8. Predictors of health perceptions and health-promoting behaviors among Turkish prisoners: a cross-sectional study

   • Şadiye ÖZTÜRK
   • Nilay ERCAN-ŞAHİN

   in BMC Public Health

   Article Open access 06 October 2025

   

9. HCV-Mikroelimination in Haft: so nah und doch so fern – Daten und Erfahrungen aus dem Berliner Justizvollzug

   • Christiane Haas
   • Marc Lehmann

   in Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz

   Article 06 October 2025

10. Aporophobia and Punitive Power in Brazil

    • Ílison Dias Dos Santos

    in SpringerBriefs in Criminology

    Book 2025

    

11. Evaluation of a mobile application (PPLife) for training prison staff on infectious disease management: a design science research approach

    • Isabela Frighetto
    • Karine Zenatti Ely
    • Lia Gonçalves Possuelo

    in BMC Digital Health

    Article Open access 29 September 2025

    

12. Development of a clinical practice guideline for management of pregnancy in Iranian prisons: a study protocol

    • Somayeh Alirezaei
    • Robab Latifnejad Roudsari
    • Hossein Ebrahimipour

    in Reproductive Health

    Article Open access 29 September 2025

    

13. 'As Time Goes By': The Effectiveness of Protection Orders in Reducing Intimate Partner Violence Recidivism

    • Marti Rovira
    • Jorge Rodriguez Menes
    • Carlos Palomo Lario

    in Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology

    Article Open access 27 September 2025

    

14. Plea Discounts or Trial Penalties? An Empirical Analysis of China’s Plea-Leniency System and Its Impact on Sentencing

    • Su Jiang
    • Yuhao Wu

    in Asian Journal of Criminology

    Article 26 September 2025

    

15. An Evolutionary History of the Gangs and Factions of Rio de Janeiro

    • Andrea Varsori

    in Palgrave's Frontiers in Criminology Theory

    Book 2025

    

16. Libertarianism, Conjoined Twins, and the Sic Utere Tuo Rule: A Response to Wollen, Block, Nowakowski, Slenzok and Wójtowicz

    • Łukasz Dominiak

    in Philosophia

    Article Open access 24 September 2025

17. The parable of the doors

    • Alexander B. Joy

    in Nature

    Article 17 September 2025

    

18. Problematising the Will to Intervene: Discourses on Alternative Solutions to Prison

    • Frea Anderson
    • Ronald Kramer

    in Critical Criminology

    Article Open access 12 September 2025

19. “I am No Longer Active, but I will Always Be a Crip”: A Longitudinal Ethnography (N = 1) of Gang Desistance in the Netherlands

    • Robert A. Roks

    in Critical Criminology

    Article Open access 12 September 2025

20. Sexualität und sexuelle Rechte in Gefangenschaft: ein Vergleich zwischen Justiz- und Maßregelvollzug

    • Hanna Harriet Hanss
    • Inga Schröter
    • Johannes Fuß

    in Forensische Psychiatrie, Psychologie, Kriminologie

    Article Open access 10 September 2025

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