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The resurrection of former prisons as museums has caught the attention of tourists along with scholars interested in studying what is known as dark tourism. Unsurprisingly, due to their grim subject matter, prison museums tend to invert the ""Disneyland"" experience, becoming the antithesis of ""the happiest place on earth."" In Escape to Prison, the culmination of years of international research, noted criminologist Michael Welch explores ten prison museums on six continents, examining the complex interplay between culture and punishment. From Alcatraz to the Argentine Penitentiary, museums c

Corrections: A Critical Approach (3rd edition) confronts mass imprisonment in the United States, a nation boasting the highest incarceration rate in the world. This statistic is all the more troubling considering that its correctional population is overrepresented by the poor, African-Americans, and Latinos.Not only throwing crucial light on matters involving race and social class, this book also identifies and examines the key social forces shaping penal practice in the US - politics, economics, morality, and technology. By attending closely to historical and the

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Part I. Presenting History -- 1. A Post-9/11 World -- 2. A New Configuration of Power -- Part II. Prime Targeting -- 3. Unlawful Enemy Combatants -- 4. Guantánamo Bay -- 5. Torture -- Part III. Expanding Range -- 6. Ordering Iraq -- 7. Collateral Damage -- Part IV. Lasting Legacies -- 8. Governing through Terror -- 9. States of Impunity -- Appendix -- Notes -- Cases -- References -- Index -- About the Author

"Since 9/11, a new configuration of power situated at the core of the executive branch of the U.S. government has taken hold. In Crimes of Power & States of Impunity, Michael Welch takes a close look at the key historical, political, and economic forces shaping the country's response to terror." "Welch argues that current U.S. policies, many enacted after the attacks, undermine basic human rights and violate domestic and international law. He recounts these offenses and analyzes the system that sanctions them, offering fresh insight into the complex relationship between power and state crime. Welch critically examines the unlawful enemy combatant designation, Guantanamo Bay, recent torture cases, and collateral damage relating to the war in Iraq."--Jacket

Talking about terror -- Seeking a safer society -- Scapegoating and social insecurity -- Crusading against terror -- Hate crimes as backlash violence -- Profiling and detention in post-9/11 America -- State crimes in the war on terror -- Claiming effectiveness -- Assaulting civil liberties -- Culture of denial

Since 2014, detailed correspondence between the American Psychological Association (APA) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) reveal the extent to which operational psychologists coordinated with the Bush administration's enhanced interrogation program. Key revelations expose the ethical maneuvering intended to defend the participation of certain psychologists in interrogation, abuse, and torture, including waterboarding. This critique takes aim at the controversy over the psychological planning and subsequent practice of torture during the Bush administration. Analysis is informed by Robert Jay Lifton and his book The Nazi Doctors: Medical Killing and the Psychology of Genocide.