Book review archives

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By Maja Sørnes - Monday, August 20, 2007

Here you find previous publish reviews presented on the Librarys pages.

The Prisoner

Edited by Ben Crewe and Jamie Bennett - Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Little of what we know about prison comes from the mouths of prisoners, and very few academic accounts of prison life manage to convey some of its most profound and important features: its daily pressures and frustrations, the culture of the wings and landings, and the relationships which shape the everyday experience of being imprisoned. Read more >

Penal Exceptionalism? Nordic Prison Policy and Practice

edited byThomas Ugelvik og Jane Dullum. - Wednesday, September 07, 2011

'Are Nordic countries a penal paradise, characterized by low confinement rates and humane prisons, or the vectors of more subtle and penetrating forms of punishment than meet the eye? ' Read more >

The Psychology of Attitudes and Attitude Change

Maja Sørnes - Monday, May 16, 2011

An outstanding new text. Written in an engaging style it provides an impressive review of both basic and applied work. Classic studies are interwoven with important recent findings to provide a scholarly overview of this exciting area of social psychology' - Professor Mark Conner, University of Leeds. Read more >

The Prison Officer

Maja Sørnes - Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Finally has the new edittion arrived! Read more >

Revolution in Penology

Maja Sørnes - Thursday, October 14, 2010

By Bruce A. Arrigo and Dragan Milovanovic Read more >

God's Continent

Maja Sørnes - Thursday, March 25, 2010

"There has been an awful lot written and said during recent years about the rise of Islam in secularized Europe, some of it frightening, much of it hysterical, and often seemingly designed more to sell books than to enlighten. God's Continent comes, therefore, as a delightful relief. Philip Jenkins, instead of fanning flames of anxiety tries to digest the realities as they are on the ground and... Read more >

The Spirit Level

Maja Sørnes - Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Large class distinctions leads to more violence, poorer health, lower levels of knowledge and other social problems, shows Rikchard Wilkinsson, Professor Emeritus and co-author Kate Pickett, Professor of Epidemiology. Read more >

Tackling prison overcrowding

Maja Sørnes - Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Chapter 5, "Titan prisons" av Alison Liebling, refers tol Berit Johnsens and Hammerlin/Mathisens surveys pp. 68-70 Read more>

Honour Killing

Maja Sørnes - Tuesday, October 27, 2009

In Honour Killing, Ayse Onal conducts interviews with men convicted of killing their mothers, sisters, and daughters. The result is a revealing, and ultimately tragic account of ruined lives-of both the victims and the murderers. Read more >

Criminal Intimacy

Maja Sørnes - Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Historian Regina Kunzel have combined Foucault's analysis from Discipline and punish and The history of sexuality, with emperical material. And with this the author has created an fascinating story. Read more >

Reducing Reoffending

Maja Sørnes - Wednesday, June 10, 2009

New book by Fergus McNeill and Bill Whyte Read more >

Prison Officer Training

Eva K. Nergård - Friday, August 29, 2008

Head of department, Egil Larsen, has written a chapter on the Norwegian prison officer educationial system pp. 80-93. Read more >

When she was bad

Maja Sørnes - Thursday, April 03, 2008

Why do some women murder their children? Why do others team up with men in ghoulish killing sprees? What motivates the female serial killer? more>

Theatre in Prison

Maja Sørnes - Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Theatre in Prison is a collection of 13. essays that explores the variety of invention in theater activity in Prison Read more >

Female genital mutilation

Maja Sørnes - Friday, July 20, 2007

Female genital mutilation (FGM) occurs in many parts of the world, especially in Africa. It is a cultural practice thought to have been established centuries ago, though its origins appear to have been lost in the past. International efforts to eliminate it also have a long history. As early as the 17th century, Christian missionaries and colonial administrations in Africa attempted to prevent... Read more >

Loveletters from a Childrens Prison

Maja Sørnes - Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Loveletters from a Children's Prison brings us into a prison for teenagers. Many of the boys here will spend most of their lives in jail, convicted for hard crime – murders, rapes and robbery. The main reason why they are here is poverty, alcoholism, the weakness or absence of their families, and that they see no posibility of a decent future. Thousands of young boys, living on the edge of... Read more >