Penal Policy
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| Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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 Insurgent LoveAbolition and Domestic Homicide |
Domestic homicide is violence that strikes within our most intimate relations. The most common strategy for addressing this kind of transgression relies on policing and prisons. But through … | Ardath Whynacht | 161 | 2021 | View |
 NEW! Solidarity Beyond BarsUnionizing Prison Labour |
Prisons don’t work, but prisoners do. Prisons are often critiqued as unjust, but we hear little about the daily labour of incarcerated workers — what they do, how they do it, who they … | Asaf Rashid; Jordan House | 180 | 2022 | View |
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From Domestic Homicide and AbolitionFrom: Insurgent Love |
In the introductory chapter, the author defines key terms that are essential to the text, details the failures of the current carceral approach to family violence, and details how her personal … | Ardath Whynacht | 24 | 2021 | $2.40 Add |
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From NEW! IntroductionPrison Labour and Punishment From: Solidarity Beyond Bars |
The Introduction "Prison Labour and Publishment" discusses the current state of Canadian prisons and lives of its prisoners, the idea of “rehabilitation," prison labour … | Asaf Rashid; Jordan House | 14 | 2022 | $1.40 Add |
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From ButcherFrom: Insurgent Love |
This chapter recounts the friendship between the author and a man convicted of killing his partner. | Ardath Whynacht | 8 | 2021 | $0.80 Add |
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From NEW! Why Care About Prisoners’ Labour Rights?From: Solidarity Beyond Bars |
Chapter One focuses on providing a broad overview of the Canadian prison system. The chapter explains why people should care about prisoners’ rights and specifically prisoners’ labour … | Asaf Rashid; Jordan House | 32 | 2022 | $3.20 Add |
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From NEW! All Work and (Almost) No PayFrom: Solidarity Beyond Bars |
Chapter Two maps out prison labour in Canada. Covering institutional labour and prison industry programs, prison labour in the federal system and provincial systems, the issues of low wages, lack … | Asaf Rashid; Jordan House | 30 | 2022 | $3.00 Add |
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From Settler Colonialism and Intimate TerrorismFrom: Insurgent Love |
In this chapter, Whynacht explores the link between systems of colonialism and domestic homicide. She proceeds to argue that the first formations of coercive control relations in the Americas … | Ardath Whynacht | 25 | 2021 | $2.50 Add |
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From NEW! Injury, Illness and DeathFrom: Solidarity Beyond Bars |
Chapter Three covers the subject of health and safety in Canadian prisons as it relates to general prison conditions and work. The chapter discusses how prisoners are excluded from health and … | Asaf Rashid; Jordan House | 20 | 2022 | $2.00 Add |
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From PortapiqueFrom: Insurgent Love |
This chapter explores the mass murders in Portapique, Nova Scotia, in 2020. | Ardath Whynacht | 10 | 2021 | $1.00 Add |
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From NEW! “Sweat the Evil Out”The Evolution of Canadian Prison Labour From: Solidarity Beyond Bars |
Chapter Four places the contemporary Canadian prison system into a historical context. This chapter examines the role of prison labour in the founding of the Canadian prison system, how prison … | Asaf Rashid; Jordan House | 23 | 2022 | $2.30 Add |
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From Occupation, Racial Capitalism and the Familicidal HeartFrom: Insurgent Love |
This chapter explores the relationship between occupation, stress, and domestic homicide. It also describes the links between heteropatriarchal gender norms and family violence. | Ardath Whynacht | 16 | 2021 | $1.60 Add |
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From DesmondFrom: Insurgent Love |
In this chapter, the author explores the the case of a veteran who killed his partner, daughter, and mother. | Ardath Whynacht | 6 | 2021 | $0.60 Add |
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From NEW! What Are the Alternatives?From: Solidarity Beyond Bars |
Chapter Five considers the alternatives to the existing forms of prison labour in Canada and considers proposals ranging from abolition and privatization to prisoners’ co-ops and sole … | Asaf Rashid; Jordan House | 20 | 2022 | $2.00 Add |
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From NEW! The Case for Prisoners’ Labour UnionsFrom: Solidarity Beyond Bars |
Chapter Six takes up the question of prisoners’ unions in more detail and looks to actual examples/past experiments in unionization. This chapter discusses the successful unionization of … | Asaf Rashid; Jordan House | 35 | 2022 | $3.50 Add |
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From Towards Transformative Justice and Collective SurvivorshipFrom: Insurgent Love |
In this chapter, Whynacht considers implications for intervention, prevention, and transformation of the conditions that lead to domestic homicide. She also explores how strategic abolitionist … | Ardath Whynacht | 36 | 2021 | $3.60 Add |
