Work and the Carceral State

Burnett, Jon

doi:10.2307/j.ctv2724535

All Outputs (4)

Hacker, Influencer, Faker, Spy. Intelligence Agencies in the Digital Age (2022)
Book
Dover, R. (2022). Hacker, Influencer, Faker, Spy. Intelligence Agencies in the Digital Age. London: Hurst Publishers

Intelligence agencies are reflections of the societies they serve. No surprise, then, that modern spies and the agencies they work for are fixated on the internet and electronic communications. These same officials also struggle with notions of priva... Read More about Hacker, Influencer, Faker, Spy. Intelligence Agencies in the Digital Age.

Criminal justice: An introduction (2022)
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Joyce, P., & Laverick, W. (2022). Criminal justice: An introduction. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429330537

This book offers a comprehensive and engaging introduction to the criminal justice system of England and Wales. Starting with an overview of the main theories of the causes of crime, this book explores and discusses the operation of the main criminal... Read More about Criminal justice: An introduction.

Penal Servitude: Convicts and long-term imprisonment, 1853-1948 (2022)
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Johnston, H., Godfrey, B., & Cox, D. J. (2022). Penal Servitude: Convicts and long-term imprisonment, 1853-1948. Montreal; London: McGill-Queen's University Press

Penal Servitude is the first comprehensive study to examine the convict prison system that housed all those sentenced to penal servitude during this time. The research details the administration and evolution of the system, from its creation in the 1... Read More about Penal Servitude: Convicts and long-term imprisonment, 1853-1948.

Work and the Carceral State (2022)
Book
Burnett, J. (2022). Work and the Carceral State. London: Pluto Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv2724535

During 2019-20 in England and Wales, over 17 million hours of labour were carried out by more than 12,500 people incarcerated in prisons, while many people in immigration removal centres also worked. In many cases, such workers constitute a sub-waged... Read More about Work and the Carceral State.