Using physics and biology to examine social dynamics is not new and is often referred to as socio-physics. This is the first sustained attempt utilizing current research to apply this approach to the fields of criminal justice and penology. The authors intend this new research to promote a more innovative, creative and critical approach to the classic issues of criminal justice, penology and correctional / offender issues.

Chapter One - The Prison: An Institution in Crisis…………………………………………
Chapter Two - The Prison as a Living Organism…………………………………………..
Chapter Three - Sub-atomic Particles and Prisoners………………………………………
Chapter Four - Thermodynamics, Newtonian Motion, and the Prison……………………..
Chapter Five - Applying Humanized Physics to Penology…………………………………
Chapter Six - Prison Specialization and Offender Amenability……………………………
Chapter Seven - Literary Equations………………………………………………………..
Chapter Eight - Ich Bin Feuer und Flamme Dafur………………………………………….
Appendix……………………………………………………………………………………
Index………………………………………………………………………………………..