Architecture and Justice: Judical Meanings in the Public Realm

The architecture of prisons, police stations, and courtrooms both reflects and shapes the attitudes of human beings enmeshed in the justice system in any capacity--prisoners, guards, and law enforcement and legal personnel. Scholars in the fields of criminology, international law, philosophy, and architectural history and theory discuss the specifics in 19 contributions. Arrangement is in sections on prisons and prison cells, courthouses and courtrooms, civic and societal order, and philosophical questions of propriety. The three editors are affiliated as follows: Jonathan Simon (law, U. of California Berkeley); Nicholas Temple (art, design, and architecture, U. of Huddersfield, UK); and Renée Tobe (architecture, computing and engineering, U. of East London, UK). Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)