As the United States began the project of mass incarceration, rural communities turned to
building prisons as a strategy for economic development. More than 350 prisons have been …

While much of the penal tourism literature focuses on historically significant and infamous
penitentiary, prison, and jail museums, such as Alcatraz and Eastern State Penitentiary in …

Recent criminological scholarship on penal history museums has shown how sites of
popular culture tend to silence the voices of prisoners and present them in ways that …

Based on a transnational study of decommissioned, postcolonial prisons in Taiwan (Taipei
and Chiayi), South Korea (Seoul), and China (Lushun), this book offers a critical reading of …

Literature on penal tourism has examined meanings of imprisonment and punishment
communicated in infamous American (eg Alcatraz, Eastern State Penitentiary), Australian …

Existing literature on the commodification of punishment has yet to examine small penal
history museums or related issues of tourism marketing, networking, and souvenirs. Bringing …

Decommissioned penal buildings have become a nascent form of heritage hotels. However,
they remain under-researched within tourism and hospitality research despite the growing …

Although the existing penal tourism literature examines displays at penal heritage sites, little
research has explored the work of tour guides within them. Drawing from interviews and …

Universities value the provision of opportunities for students to undertake international
mobility experiences. Contemporaneously, they often highlight their commitment to social …

Abstract If, as Mercer (: 1) argues,“feeling is believing,” then the emotional states and
experiences engendered by heritage and heritage tourism will significantly influence the …