Joshua Long is an Assistant Professor of Criminology and Justice Studies at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell, where he studies prison violence and rehabilitation programs. He has extensive experience interviewing prisoners across the United States and believes that letting prisoners tell their own stories is the best way to learn about life behind the walls.
This book explores the subjects of child sex abuse, flaws in the justice system, cultural support for vigilantism, prison violence, and the socio-legal philosophy of punishment. Child sex abuse... (more)