It has been a long time since this page was updated, but as part of a commitment to doing so, it would be a missed opportunity not to mention “Sound, Order and Survival: The Rhythms and Routines of HMP Midtown”. Released in January 2024 by Bristol University Press, this tells the story of a year spent in a local men’s prison exploring the soundscape and its significance for understanding the prison social world. Written by me, it is adapted from the thesis but is a rewrite rather than an adaptation. It is a useful launching point for those looking to incorporate sound into research methodology or focus.
Also coming soon…
Sound in Detention: Towards Critical Listening, Sonic Citizenship and Social Justice. Edited by Lucy Cathcart Frödén, Kate Herrity and Áine Mangaoang
The Routledge International Handbook in Sensory Criminology. Edited by Kate Herrity, Kanupriya Sharma, Janani Umamaheswar and Jason Warr
https://www.dyslexicacademic.com/blog – a blog about navigating the academy with neurodiversity by the wonderful Dr Kate West.
https://carceralgeography.com/tag/carceral-geography/ – wonderful webpages of the carceral geography working group, including the blog, details of up coming events and a wealth of resources established by the awesome Prof. Dominique Moran
https://prisonbag.com/ – beautifully written blog documenting the pains of imprisonment felt by those on the outside
https://www.compen.crim.cam.ac.uk/ – Long running blog with wide-ranging contributions stimulated by the Cambridge comparative penology project
https://www.maslaha.org/Project/Time-to-End-the-Silence – Important insight in to Muslim experiences of prison in the wake of the Lammy report.
https://prisonism.co.uk/ – musings, commentary, blogs, audio readings from Carl Cattermole (who’s “prison: a survival guide” contains many things about the ins and outs of prison life it took me years to learn. Anyone entering in to prison research for the first time would do well to read this first, as well as those it is intended to help).
https://www.LivingCriminology.com
https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/
http://prisonerben.blogspot.com/
https://tinyletter.com/Phil_Crockett_Thomas/letters/an-introduction
https://micsirwin.wordpress.com/
Sensory Criminology 