By The National Commission On The Causes And Prevention Of Violence

“Dear Mr. President: I transmit herewith the Final Report of the National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence. This Commission was. created by President Johnson in an Executive Order dated June 6, 1968. Nearly a year later you asked us to continue our work and so extended the Commission's life for an additional sb~.months, We are grateful for the support and encouragement that two Presidents and .their staffs have given us. Our Report is based. on penetrating research by two hundred leading scholars and on eighteen months of hearings, conferences, and some sixty days of arduous working sessions by members of the Commission. The Commission's findings and recommendations are presented to you in a single volume. The detailed data and findings of the scholars who helped us are set forth in more than fifteen volumes of printed reports. These reports provide a solid base for further study and research. We believe our Report will be of value to you, to the Congress, and to the American people. It sheds much light on the complex forces that tend to increase the level of violence in our rapidly changing society. It suggests what the federal government, the state governments, and private associations and individuals can do to reduce the incidence of violence….”

Washington. DC. U.S. Printing Office. 1969. 364p.

Edited by Stanley L. Brodsky and Norman E. Eggleston

FROM THE PREFACE: “The military correctional system has had an impact upon the lives of hundreds of thousands of American men in the one hundred years of its existence. The theory, goals, and applications of this system differ from civil corrections and represent an important source of information and experience in the effort to deter and modify criminal behavior. The purpose of this collection of papers is to communicate such information and experiences.

Carbondale and Edwardsville . Southern Illinois University Press.London and Amsterdam. Feffer & Simons, Inc.. 1970. 208p. CONTAINS MARK-UP.

Jake J. Gibbs and Roddy O. Gibbs

From the cover: “The Mindful Way To Study: Dancing With Your Books is a guide to help students, professionals, and other lifelong learners develop a better approach to their educational and career pursuits. By using mindfulness, or the practice of bringing full awareness to the present moment, the authors blend the latest research with entertaining stories and specific techniques to teach readers how to truly pay attention, and even learn to enjoy it.”

USA. O'Connor Press. 2013. 183p. CONTAINS MARK-UP

Edited By Robert Johnson Sonia Tabriz

FROM THE COVER: "[T]he authors (prisoners, academics, and students) use poetry, prose, andplays to take the reader into the reality of prison and the justice system - not through facts and figures, but through the tears and screams, blood and painof the people chewed up by .it. [T]his book isfiction; but ti isalso a book about prison that can offer a type of truth that numbers can't. Enjoy your reading- fi you can." Joycelyn M. Pollock,

Durham, North Carolina. Carolina Academic Press.. 2009. 335P. CONTAINS MARK-UP.

By Lucien X. Lombardo

From the Preface: This Second Edition of Guards Imprisoned updates the original study by following the careers and impressions of the officers whose experiences and insights in 1976 provided the raw material for the First Edition. Interviewing the same ofticers again after ten years provided an opportunity to assess patterns of change and stability in the attitudes and behaviors of these men. It allowed t h e m to describe what changes in their working environment they believe have had an impact on what they do and the ways they do it. It also provided an opportunity to learn how they have responded to changes in the Department of Corrections and at Auburn Correctional Facility. In the original interviews ti was apparent that the "past was better" for many officers, but one did not have any way of knowing about that past. In studying the 1986 interviews, the 1976 material in the first edition provides a clear baseline for understanding their views of their present situation and change, for now we know what the past was like.”

Cincinnati, OH.Anderson Publishing Co., 1989. 246p. CONTAINS MARK-UP

By Edwin M. Schur

From the Preface: The three types of deviance discussed in this book lie at the borderline of crime.There has long been dispute as to whether they shouldbecon- sidered crimes, sins, vices, diseases, or simply as patterns of social deviance. In each case the offending behavior involves a willing and private exchange of strongly demanded yet officially proscribed goods and services; this element of consent precludes the existence of a victim--in the usual sense of the word. Each of these problems also has certain medical--as well as legal, psychological, and sociological-aspects. Although this complexity has fostered useful research and analysis by specialists in various fields, it has also produced a somewhat confusing range of views as to the methods with which such behavior should be dealt. To the extent that sociologists have studied these borderline problems at all, their goal of detached scientific observation (of "ethical neutrality") has inhibited whatever in- terest they might feel in directly challenging substantive criminal law provisions.

Englewod Clifs, N.J. Prentice:Hall.1965. 186p. CONTAINS MARK-UP

Edited by Nicolette Parisi

From Chapter 1: “Imprisonment generates some degree of pressure in each and every inmate. Prison pressures may lead inmates to choose one or more strategies of coping with their environment. The array of interactions in prison is a mixture of both pressures and reactions to pressures. In this chapter, we begin by reviewing the prisoner's pressures. The second half of the chapter will focus on alternatives to ameliorate these pressures. Later chapters will present the results from studies of particular pressures and/or coping responses within prison.”

Beverly Hills. Sage. 1982. 161p. CONTAINS MARK-UP

By Robert Johnson

From the Preface by Hans Toch: “The author's contribution in this work is in many ways unique, and some of the concepts under- lying this book may not be self-evident to all readers. I hope I'll be forgiven for explicatingwhat to others may seem very obvious. Corrections and penology traditionally have been the monopoly of sociologists, and sometimes of experts ni administration. Psychological or clinical concerns usually have been confined to the area of individual diagnosis--particularly to the ritualistic review of unrepresentative offenders. Though it is obvious that much sociological discussion ofprisons has taken the form of psychology in disguise, disciplinary boundaries have inhibited full development of such thinking. Prison researchers have generally not deployed clinical methodology in their inquiries. Where inmates have been interviewed, they have rarely been asked the sorts of questions that explored their feelings and perspectives in depth.

Lexington, Massachusetts. D.C. Heath and Company . Lexington Books. 1976. 182p. CONTAINS MARK-UP

By Peter Singer

From the Jacket: “In The Life You Can Save, philosopher Peter Singer, named one of "The 100 Most Influential People in the World" by Time magazine, uses ethical arguments, pro- vocative thought experiments, illuminating examples, and case studies of charitable giving to show that our current response to world poverty is not only insufficient but ethically indefensible. Singer contends that we need to change our views of what is involved ni living an ethical life. To help us play our part ni bringing about that change, he offers a seven-point plan that mixes personal philanthropy (fig- uring how much to give and how best to give it), local activism (spreading the word ni your community), and political awareness (contacting your representatives to ensure that your nation's foreign aid is really directed to the world's poorest people).”

NY. Random House. 2009. 207p. CONTAINS MARK-UP.

Edited by G. David Garson and Michael P. Smith

This issue of Administration and Society focuses on the theme, "Organizational Democracy- Participation and Self-Management." Theoretical issues are first set forth by Dr. Carole Pateman, who elaborates on arguments found in her work, Participation and Demo- cratic Theory (Cambridge University Press, 1970). Illustrations of important developments in self-management experiments are treated by Andrew Zimbalist ni a comparison of Cuba and Chile, while the new Peruvian laws on social property are discussed by Covarrubias and Vanek. These themes are then discussed with regard to the United States in an analytic survey by Michael Brower. The outlines of self-management as an economic program and as a political issue are treated in concluding essays by a Cornell group headed by Jaroslav Vanek and by the editors of this special issue.

London. Sage. 1976. 131p. CONTAINS MARK-UP

By Edited by Ted Alleman And Rosemary .L Gido

From the cover: “Turnstile Justice: Issues ni American Corrections offers a unique, pragmatic approach to the "sociology of corrections." Drawing on the expertise of leading scholars and practitioners in the field of corrections and crime and criminology, this text offers the background necessary for a critical examination of the major issues facing corrections today. As a complement to an introductory text or a "stand alone" source for a variety of critical issues courses and seminars, the book presents current topics and policies or strategies that are generating debate in the correctional field.”

Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. Prentice Hall. 1998. 227p. CONTAINS MARK-UP

By Robert Johnson

From the cover: “"Hard Time is clearly and passionately written... Here, as in the first edition, Johnson manages to write with care and sympathy for the prisoners, but without sentimentality. He never forgets that they are criminals who deserve punishment, and he does not hesitate to say so. Likewise, he manages to find in the very punitiveness of prisons the possibility of redemption. Indeed, given our society's apparent rage to lock people up in spite of our prisons' grim failure to transform any sizable number of convicts into good citizens, Johnson's approach may be our only hope." —Jeffrey Reiman.

NY. Wadsworth Publishing Company. 1996. 316p. CONTAINS MARK-UP.

By Arthur Pearl And Frank Riessman

From the Preface: “The current trend in most of the human service areas, such as social work and psychiatry, is for an increasingratio of time to be spent on consultation, supervision, teaching, and a decreasing proportion of time in direct service. Thus, there is considerable need for service-orientated people and we believe that the indigenous low-income nonprofessional can fill this important vacuum. In this sense, the term "non- professional" is limited because it does not specify the nature of the tasks to be performed; the usefulness of the term, however, lies in calling attention to certain distinctions between a professional orientation and the performance of various tasks by people whosetraining si less inclusive than that of professionals, but who may have specific contribu- tions to make in the performance of tasks related to the helping professions. This book is principally concerned with one type of nonprofessional, namely the indigenous nonprofes- sional working in economically disadvantaged communities.”

NY. The Free Press. 1965. 275p. CONTAINS MARK-UP

By Daniel Zwerdling

From the cover: "Of all the issues inspired by the political ferment of the 1960s, few have shown as much staying power as that cluster of concerns under the head- ing 'quality of working life! As the 1960s boom has been replaced by the 1970s recession, the discussion surrounding worker ownership and self-management has, fi anything, increased. What began with vague references to 'blue-collar blues' and 'alienation in the work-place' has evolved into the practical consideration of concrete alternatives. Now, Daniel Zwerdling has provided a useful overview of recent experi- ments in the reorganization of work in both the United States and Europe. "Taking as his theme the assertion that in a society which is founded on the ideals of democracy, there is no democracy at work' Zwerdling catalogues a series of case studies, each a recent attempt to encourage more worker participation in the processes of industrial enterprises....”

NY. Harper Colophon Books. Harper & Row, Publishers. 1978. 202p. CONTAINS MARK-UP.

Edited by Josip Obradovié and William N. Dunn

From the Preface: In constructing a volumeofcollected contributions to theory and research on workers' self-management in Yugoslavia, the authors' primary aim is to introduce English-speaking audiences to a large and informative body of empirical studies available in Yugoslav languages. We wish at the same time to emphasize the practical interdependence and complementarity of empirical and theoretical studies of participation, industrial democracy, and self-management. In stressing the importance of these contributions to the theory and practice of self-management, both in Yugoslavia and other countries, we eventually chose the concept of organizational power as a means to order, link, and interpret the selections in this volume. We hope we have created a product that is reasonably coherent, problem-specific, and grounded in empirical research.

University of Pittsburgh. University Center for International Studies. 1978. 457p. CONTAINS MARK-UP

BY Philip Baridon

“El Patron turned to one of his lieutenants, "Get rid of the body." His voice sounded flat, emotionless. El Patron too close, as he casually flicked a piece of brain matter from his shoulder. "Cut off both hands, leave the wedding band on, return the truck to the factory with the right hand, and tell them to find drivers who won't short me a brick. The left hand is for the widow. Make the message clear: Cheat me, and you die."

Washington. Roundfire. 2013. 234p. CONTAINS MARK-UP.

By Kate Millett

From Amazon: “From one of the most influential figures of the last twenty years―the author of Sexual Politics―comes this brilliant work in which Kate Millet sets out a new theory of politics for our time, a harrowing view of the modern state based on the practice of torture as a method of rule, as conscious policy. It is, in the words of the noted Iraqi dissident Kanan Makiya, "a passionate, heroic effort to fathom the nature of a phenomenon that all too often drains us emotionally and incapacitates us intellectually."

NY. W.W.Norton. 1994. 257p. CONTAINS MARK-UP

By Nicole Hahn Rafter

FROM THE PREFACE: “Prisons fascinate the societies that create them because--short of the death penalty--they are the ultimate form and symbol of the power of the state over the individual. In the imagery that mesmerizes us, prisoners arc anonymous masses controlled by walls, steel bars, and impersonal guards. Their fearsome punishment, suffered cqually by all, is loss of liberty. This book addresses the limitations of this powerful but simplistic image.”

New Brunswick . Transaction Publishers. 1992. 298p. CONTAINS MARK-UP

By James Boudouris.

From the foreword: “We realize the importance of correctional and community pro- grams for children of incarcerated parents. We also recognize the im- portance of parenting programs in correctional settings--prisons, jails, boot camps, and other facilities. Based on our experience, we believe that if more individuals are taught how to be good parents, we can stem the rise o fjuvenile crime.”

American Correctional Association. 1996. 113p.

By Robert Johnson

From Page 1: Justice Follies: Stories, sometimes featuring music, dance and skits, about absurd, ruinous or patently unfair and inequitable features of our justice system.”

Infinity Publishing Company In partnership with WilloTrees Press. 2005. 69p. CONTAINS MARK-UP