* Jewkes, Y., Crewe, B., & Bennett, J. (2016)(Eds.) Handbook on Prisons. Second Edition. Routledge.
* Liebling, A. and Crewe, B (2012). ‘Prison life, penal power, and prison effects’. In M. Maguire et al (Eds.). The Oxford Handbook of Criminology. Fifth Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
* Owen, T., & MacDonald, A. (2015) (Ed.) Livingstone, Owen, and MacDonald on Prison Law. Fourth Edition. Oxford University Press.
* Rogan, M., (2014) Prison Law. Bloomsbury.
* Rogan, M., (2011) Prison Policy in Ireland: Politics, Penal-Welfarism and Political Imprisonment. Routledge.
* Scott, D. (2013) (Ed.) Why Prison? Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
* Scott, D. & Flynn, N. (2014) Prisons and Punishment: The Essentials. Sage, London.
* Scott, D. & Codd, H. (2010) Controversial Issues in Prisons. Open University Press, Milton Keynes.
* Van Zyl Smit, D., & Snacken, S. (2009). Principles of European prison law and policy: penology and human rights. Oxford University Press.
* Students will be provided with supplementary materials on moodle (Maynooth University’s Virtual Learning Environment).