Joshua Page

Educational Background & Specialties

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Educational Background

Ph.D.: Sociology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, May 2007 -
M.A: Sociology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkely, CA, May 2001 -

Publications

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Breaking the Pendulum: The Long Struggle Over Criminal Justice, with Phil Goodman and Michelle Phelps. 2017. UK: Oxford University Press.
The 'Toughest Beat': Politics, Punishment, and the Prison Officers' Union in California. 2011. NY: Oxford University Press.
“'It Can’t Be a Lie’: The Wire as Breaching Experiment." 2015. Chapter 1 in The Politics of HBO’s The Wire: Everything is Connected. 2015. Edited by Shirin Deylami and Jonathan Havercroft. NY: Routledge.
"The Long Struggle: An Agonistic Perspective on Penal Development," with Philip Goodman and Michelle Phelps. 2015. Theoretical Criminology 19(3):315-335.
"The State of the Job: An Embedded Work Role Perspective on Prison Officer Attitudes," with Amy Lerman. 2012. Punishment & Society 14(5):503-529.
"Eliminating the Enemy: The Import of Denying Prisoners Access to Higher Education in Clinton's America.” 2004. Punishment and Society 6(4):357-378.

Activities

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: I’m currently studying a range of subjects, including bail, pre-sentence investigation reports, domestic violence protection orders, and crime desistance. I’m also finishing a book that uses historical case studies of state penal development to theorize about penal change.

Awards

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Courses Taught

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