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Abstract: 

In our regular “Worth Reading” column, our book review editor Russ Immarigeon has assembled a collection of timely publications that survey worldwide use of capital punishment, revisit the work of Freda Alder, collect oral histories of inmates of Sing Sing Prison, take a look at the historic stigma and recent efforts to correct and remove racial disparity, and the development and implementation of the “inside-out” model for community education. Reviews include “Capital Punishment: A Hazard to a Sustainable Criminal Justice System?” edited by Lill Scherdin (Ashgate, $129.95, 343 pages); “Sisters in Crime Revisited: Bringing Gender into Criminology” edited by Francis T. Cullen, Pamela Wilcox, Jennifer L. Lux, and Cheryl Lero Jonson (Oxford University Press, $59.95 (paper), 432 pages); “Voices From American Prisons: Faith, Education, and Healing” by Kaia Stern (Routledge, $155.00, 247 pages); “Addressing Racial Disproportionality and Disparities in Human Services: Multisystemic Approaches” edited by Rowena Fong, Alan Dettlaff, Joyce James, and Carolyne Rodriguez (Columbia University Press, $35.00 (paper), 432 pages); “Turning Teaching Inside Out: A Pedagogy of Transformation for Community-Based Education” edited by Simone Weil Davis and Barbara Sherr Roswell (Palgrave, $100.00, 340 pages); “Delivering Rehabilitation: The Politics, Governance and Control of Probation” by Lol Burke and Steve Collett (Routledge, $48.95 (paper), 211 pages)

Keywords: Capital Punishment; Women & Crime; Racial Disparity; Community Education; Probation Policy & Practice

Affiliations:  1: Contributing Editor.