Crime and Punishment Inside Views [Paperback]

Robert Johnson and Hans Toch'sCrime and Punishment: Inside Viewsis an edited volume of original essays written by offenders in their own words. The book provides a unique, inside view of crime, prisoners, and the experience of punishment.

These essays represent the worldviews of 52 offenders, introducing the reader to the forces that shaped their lives and compelled them to commit crimes, their struggles with their own feelings, and their experiences--often rocky--with prison life and the criminal justice system.

Crime and Punishment: Inside Viewsis useful as a supplement for courses in criminal justice, corrections, and criminology. It illuminates a wide array of individuals, settings, and issues, offering a stimulating introduction to the study of crime and punishment. These writings will sharpen student's critical thinking skills as they compare and judge these offenders' own words against the context of their textbooks. Editors Johnson and Toch's insightful introductions and commentaries at the beginning of each section and each essay serve as a useful road map, framing the various writings and putting them into perspective.

Section I: Doing Crime
1. Astro Creep,Kent Williams
2. The St. Francis Hotel,Darell Jordan
3. Wasted Days, Wasted Nights,Michael Gabrish
4. Perfectly Impaired,Rita Biggs
5. Robbery,Travis Lewis
6. Interstate Flight,Lance E. Fleming
7. Better You Than Me,Michael Aquilar
8. We Are All Human Beings,Michael B. Majors
9. Reflections from Death Row,Michael B. Ross
10. Socio-Economic Suppression and Crime,Marcus Johnson
Section II: Rehabilitation
11. My Rehabilitation,Josh Wesley Elam
12. A True Story,Kenny Rogers
13. Freedom Within,Jennifer Howard
14. After the War,James G. Fuller
15. Prison, Crime, alCx