Oxford University Press

This book is the definitive analysis of the politics and impact of "e;get tough"e; criminal sentencing legislation. Zimring, Hawkins, and Kamin examine the origins of the law in California, compare it to other crackdown laws, and analyse large samples of offenders arrested in Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Francisco in the year before and...

Power, Adaptation and Social Life in an English PrisonWhile the use of imprisonment continues to rise in developed nations, we have little sociological knowledge of the prison's inner world. Based on extensive fieldwork in a medium-security prison in the UK, HMP Wellingborough, The Prisoner Society: Power, Adaptation and Social Life in an...

In the first ever theoretical treatment of the environmental justice movement, David Schlosberg demonstrates the development of a new form of 'critical' pluralism, in both theory and practice. His timely and sophisticated study presents a challenge to both conventional pluralist thought and the practices of the major groups in the US environmental...

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Examining California's formative years, this innovative study seeks to discover the origins of the California dream and the social, psychological, and symbolic impact it has had not only on Californians but also on the rest of the country....

In this Very Short Introduction, Kenneth Morgan provides a wide-ranging and        thematic introduction to modern Australia; examining the main features of its        history, geography, and culture and drawing attention to the distinctive features of        Australian life and its indigenous population and culture....