In recent decades, risk prediction has proliferated in the penal realm. Risk instruments
currently guide an array of correctional decisions—such as participation in diversion …

On any given day nearly 3000 foreign national citizens are detained under immigration
powers in UK detention centres alone. Around the world immigrants are routinely detained …

The discipline of epidemiology, which holds major influence on public health policy as well
as on clinical medical practice, has in recent decades to a large extent been concerned with …

Contemporary social scientific scholarship is being transformed by the challenges
associated with the changing nature of, and responses to, questions of crime, security and …

Youth, particularly female teens, are encouraged to self-monitor and be responsible for their
actions online in order to avoid harm from cyberbullying,'sexting,'and other forms of cyber …

Also Serving Time informs readers about the realities of provincial and territorial prison work
in Canada. Exploring the nuances of the job, Rosemary Ricciardelli shows how officer …

This paper discusses the concerns associated with the introduction of, and increased
reliance on, actuarial risk tools in sentencing in order to:(1) stimulate cross-disciplinary …

Risk assessments are conducted at a number of decision points in criminal procedure
including in bail, sentencing and parole as well as in determining extended supervision and …

This article argues that Canadian and many international discussions of gender responsive
(GR) penality have substituted male normative criteria with a 'female norm'without much …

Corrections: A Critical Approach, 3rd edition confronts mass imprisonment in the United
States, a nation boasting the highest incarceration rate in the world. This statistic is all the …