Chapter 5 Recommended resources

Deviance and Crime

Henry Hargreaves, “No Seconds”

http://www.henryhargreavessales.com/#/no-seconds/

Artist Henry Hargreaves’s exhibit “No Seconds” includes photographic recreations of the last meal requests of incarcerated people who have been put to death in America.

Screening Justice: Canadian Crime films, Culture and Society

https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/screening-justice

This book is an edited volume of contributions from Canadian scholars. The book features critical analyses of Canadian films that address issues of crime and justice.

Juristat

https://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85-002-x/index-eng.htm

Statistics Canada’s Juristat offers in-depth, statistical analyses of issues related to crime, victimization, justice and public safety, among other topics.

Deviant Behavior

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/udbh20/current

This is an academic journal that publishes research on criminal and deviant behaviour. It is an invaluable resource for students who are interested in this topic.

 

Herman’s House

https://hermanshousethefilm.com

This documentary illustrates the relationship between former prisoner Herman Wallace and artist Jackie Sumell. Herman Wallace was incarcerated in solitary confinement in Angola prison for 41 years. Through art and activism the documentary addresses the question: “What kind of house does a man who has lived in a six-foot-by-nine-foot-cell for over thirty years dream of?” 

 

Surviving Incarceration: Inside Canadian Prisons

https://www.wlupress.wlu.ca/Books/S/Surviving-Incarceration2

Rose Ricciardelli’s book draws in interviews from nearly sixty formerly incarcerated Canadians in order to showcase the relationship between incarceration, violence, masculinity, and survival.

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