Jul 12, 2024

Sound, Order and Survival in Prison wins the BSC Book Award

Bristol University Press is proud to announce Sound, Order and Survival: The Rhythms and Routines of HMP Midtown by Kate Herrity has won the British Society of Criminology Book Award. The award is given to distinctive or innovative publications that make a valuable contribution to the further development of criminology.

Published by Bristol University Press, the book brings the soundscape of prison life vividly to life through aural ethnography.

You can find out more about the book and browse chapter abstracts on Bristol University Press Digital.

More on the book in the media:
Guest blog with independent crime consultant Russell Webster
Sound, Order and Survival in Prison… and Beyond in King’s College Cambridge E-Lab blog
Kate Herrity curates a blog to encourage conversation around prisons and sensory criminology