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McMaster, from JPP Vol. 10: 1 & 2 (1999) Back Issues Click here to purchase back issues of the journal via University of Ottawa Press * * * The Back Issues catalogue was created on February 7, 2006 and last updated April 4, 2022 VOL. 1, NUMBER 1, 1988: Prison Abolition and Papers at ICOPA Download Table of Contents (PDF) Download Editorial (PDF) Download Issue (PDF) VOL. 1, NUMBER 1, 1988/1989: General Issue Focusing on Canadian Prisoners Download Table of Contents (PDF) Download Editorial (PDF) Download Issue (PDF) VOL. 2, NUMBER 1, 1989: The Penal Press and Selected Articles Download Table of Contents (PDF) Download Editorial (PDF) Download Issue (PDF) VOL. 2, NUMBER 2, 1990: Native Peoples Download Table of Contents (PDF) Download Editorial (PDF) Download Issue (PDF) VOL. 3, NUMBER 1 & 2, 1991: Capital Punishment and Prison Justice Day Download Table of Contents (PDF) Download Editorial (PDF) Download Issue (PDF) VOL. 4, NUMBER 1, 1992: Education in Prisons Download Table of Contents (PDF) Download Editorial (PDF) Download Issue (PDF) VOL. 4, NUMBER 2, 1993: Marionization: Control and Isolation Units Download Table of Contents (PDF) Download Editorial (PDF) Download Issue (PDF) VOL. 5, NUMBER 1, 1993: General Issue Download Table of Contents (PDF) Download Editorial (PDF) Download Issue (PDF) VOL. 5, NUMBER 2, 1994: Womens Prisoners Download Table of Contents (PDF) Download Editorial (PDF) Download Issue (PDF) VOL. 6, NUMBER 1, 1995: General Issue Download Table of Contents (COMING SOON) Download Editorial (COMING SOON) Download Issue (COMING SOON) VOL. 6, NUMBER 2, 1995: Accountability, Duplicity and Industrial Conspiracy Download Table of Contents (PDF) Download Editorial (PDF) Download Issue (PDF) VOL. 7, NUMBER 1, 1996/97: Republican POW's - Ireland Download Table of Contents (PDF) Download Editorial (PDF) Download Issue (PDF) VOL. 7, NUMBER 2, 1996/97: Loyalist POW's - Ireland Download Table of Contents (PDF) Download Editorial (PDF) Download Issue (PDF) VOL. 8, NUMBER 1 & 2, 1997: Resistance and Intimidation Download Table of Contents (PDF) Download Editorial (PDF) Download Issue (PDF) VOL. 9, NUMBER 1, 1998: General Issue Download Table of Contents (PDF) Download Editorial (PDF) Download Issue (PDF) VOL. 9, NUMBER 2, 1998: General Issue Download Table of Contents (PDF) Download Editorial (PDF) Download Issue (PDF) VOL. 10, NUMBER 1 & 2, 1999: Prison Writing and Prison Writers, 10th Anniversary Edition Download Table of Contents (PDF) Download Editorial (PDF) Download Issue (PDF) VOL. 11, 2001: General Issue Download Table of Contents (PDF) Download Editorial (PDF) Download Issue (PDF) VOL. 12, 2003: General Issue Download Table of Contents (PDF) Download Editorial (PDF) Download Issue (PDF) VOL. 13, 2004: Education in Prisons Download Table of Contents (PDF) Download Editorial (PDF) Download Issue (PDF) VOL. 14, NUMBER 1 2005: The Criminal Justice System - Post-Colonial Nigeria Download Table of Contents (PDF) Download Editorial (PDF) Download Issue (PDF) VOL. 14, NUMBER 2 2006: Aging in Prisons Download Table of Contents (PDF) Download Editorials (PDF) Download Issue (PDF) VOL. 15, NUMBER 1 2006: Political Prisoners and Detainees Download Table of Contents (PDF) Download Editorials (PDF) Download Issue (PDF) VOL. 15, NUMBER 2 2006 & VOL. 16 NUMBER 1 2007: Special Anniversary Issue Black Panther Party 1966-2006 Download Table of Contents (PDF) Download Issue (PDF) VOL. 16, NUMBER 2 2007: General Issue Download Table of Contents (PDF) Download Issue (PDF) VOL. 17, NUMBER 1 2008: Education in Prisons Download Table of Contents (PDF) Download Issue (PDF) VOL. 17, NUMBER 2 2008: Abolition and the Universal Carceral Download Table of Contents (PDF) Download Issue (PDF) VOL. 18, NUMBER 1 & 2 2009: General Issue Download Table of Contents (PDF) Download Issue (PDF) VOL. 19, NUMBER 1 2010: PEN American Center's Prison Writing Program Download Table of Contents (PDF) Download Editorial (PDF) Download Issue (PDF) VOL. 19, NUMBER 2 2010: Torture and Political Imprisonment Download Table of Contents (PDF) Download Issue (PDF) VOL. 20, NUMBER 1 2011: Criminalizing Women - Past and Present Download Table of Contents (PDF) Download Editorial (PDF) Download Issue (PDF) VOL. 20, NUMBER 2 2011: General Issue Download Table of Contents (PDF) Download Editorial (PDF) Download Issue (PDF) VOL. 21, NUMBER 1 & 2 2012: Convict Criminology - 15th Anniversary Issue Download Table of Contents (PDF) Download Issue (PDF) VOL. 22, NUMBER 1 2013: General Issue - 25th Anniversary Download Table of Contents (PDF) View and Download Issue in Various Formats VOL. 22, NUMBER 2 2013: General Issue - 25th Anniversary Download Table of Contents (PDF) View and Download Issue in Various Formats VOL. 23, NUMBER 1 2014: General Issue Download Table of Contents (PDF) Download Issue (PDF) VOL. 23, NUMBER 2 2014: General Issue Download Table of Contents (PDF) Download Issue (PDF) VOL. 24, NUMBER 1 2015: General Issue Download Table of Contents (PDF) Download Issue (PDF) VOL. 24, NUMBER 2 2015: General Issue Download Table of Contents (PDF) Download Editorial (PDF) Download Issue (PDF) VOLUME 25, NUMBER 1 2016: General Issue Download Issue (PDF) VOLUME 25, NUMBER 2 2016: Transforming Carceral Agendas through Education Download Issue (PDF) VOLUME 26, NUMBER 1&2 2017: Dialogue on Canada's Federal Penitentiary System and the Need for Change View and Download Articles (PDF) VOLUME 27, NUMBER 1 2018: General Issue View and Download Articles (PDF) VOLUME 27, NUMBER 2 2018: 20 Years of Convict Criminology - Developing Insider Perspectives in Research Activism View and Download Articles (PDF) VOLUME 28, NUMBER 1 2019: General Issue View and Download Articles (PDF) VOLUME 28, NUMBER 2 2020: Prison (In)justice in Canada at the Crossroads View and Download Articles (PDF) VOLUME 29, NUMBER 1&2 2020: General Issue View and Download Articles (PDF) VOLUME 30, NUMBER 1 2022: General Issue View and Download Articles (PDF) VOLUME 30, NUMBER 2 2022: Anti-Colonial Approach to Abolition View and Download Articles (PDF)