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When most Americans hear the familiar constitutional phrase “cruel and unusual punishment” they can tell you what it means, at least to them. Hanging. Flogging. Chopping a hand off. Chain gangs.

Putting juvenile offenders in solitary confinement is high on my list of “cruel and unusual punishment.” What else do you call locking up fifteen, sixteen year olds, some even younger, in total isolation for 24 hours a day, in some cases for months at a time, never leaving their cells?…

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This story is a patchwork story, it never happened in the real world, but somehow it is true on a higher level than any real story.

He was an overweight inmate with an almost symbiotic relationship with his mother. The mother was about 15 as she gave a birth to him. They were both children in their…

The prison as we know it is a social institution or an agent of the state as Gresham Sykes calls it, that houses and confines convicted individuals (the increasing amount of wrongful convictions have proved that they all are not criminals) serving sentences of one year or more. Due to mass media and the prevalence of fictional crime dramas, misconceptions of prison and prison life has heavily influenced the public consensus on the actualities of life behind bars. Moreover,…

The 19th century physician and proclaimed "father of criminology" Cesare Lombroso, became prominent after his published book The Criminal Man. Lombroso's theory of the atavistic criminal influenced research and studies of human behavior and crime causation throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth century. Cesare Lombroso, a major theorist in the positivist school of criminology, looked mainly at the biological and environmental factors when determining causes of criminal…

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“You don’t care about the victims. All you care about are those kids.”

It was a comment I’ve heard in one form or another at book events, at juvenile justice talks I’ve given, or in response to pieces I’d written about our national policy of retribution towards troubled kids. I have to admit, though, this guy was a bit more, shall I say, challenging, as he stood up after my reading and made his comment.

I’d read several advice articles for authors on giving readings which…

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I didn’t expect my talk to a class of criminal justice majors at a local community college to be any different from the other workshops, presentations and classes I’d done. The students had read my book for class. I figured I’d talk about the book, about my 10 years teaching high school kids locked up in an adult county jail, and about juvenile justice issues in general. The usual topics. But when I asked the students to go around and say what area of criminal justice they wanted to pursue,…

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There is still time to submit an article about forenisc psychology training for the new blog.  Alternatively, if there are any issues you would like to see addressed or anything that you would like to know about forensic psychology training then get in touch.

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Interested in sharing your experience of Forensic Psychology?  I woud like to hear from current trainees, previous trainees and people who work with forensic psychologists.

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New Article available on the Forensic Psychology Trainees blog 'Preparing for Stage 2 Training'.  Happy reading everyone!

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I am writing a new blog for Forensic Psychology Trainees.  I am hoping to provide information to people on the Stage 2 route or those considering it. If you have any issues with regards to forensic psychology training that you would like to see addressed or if you woud like to write an article for the blog then get in touch, I would love to hear from you.

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During a conference on humane criminal justice I received a phone call, but I could not answer it. At the end of the lunch break I called back, and an excellent criminologist was on the other end of the line, and she told me, that recently there was an HIV and HCV blood sample testing in a Hungarian prison among volunteer inmates. The result was dramatic.

I told the story for my both neighbors. One of them was a former teacher of mine. Her husband works in the prison respected. "There…

Does anyone know of articles which specifically look at social capital in prison, and in particular the social capital of prison officers? There is ample amount of work done on police staff (as always) but I'm coming up scarce for prison officers.

Thanks.