The following resources focus on different aspects of detention and will be of use to anyone doing further research in this area. We will continue to update this page as further resources become available.
These resources are organised into the following categories:
Sound and music
Book
Bristol : Bristol University Press, 0000.
How Can Music Be Torturous?: Music in Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camps Journal Article
In: Music & politics, vol. 10, iss. 1, 2016.
Music and Torture in Chilean Detention Centers: Conversations with an Ex-Agent of Pinochet's Secret Police Journal Article
In: The World of Music , vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 51-65, 2013.
“You are in a place that is out of the world. . .”: Music in the Detention Camps of the “Global War on Terror” Journal Article
In: Journal of the Society for American Music, vol. 2, iss. 1, pp. 1-26, 2008.
Music as torture / Music as weapon Journal Article
In: Trans (Online), iss. 10, 2006.
Across an Invisible Line: A Conversation about Music and Torture Journal Article
In: Grey room, vol. 42, pp. 6-21, 2011.
Pathways to music torture Journal Article
In: Transposition, vol. 4, iss. 4, 2014.
Bleed a little louder:Sound, silence and music torture Journal Article
In: Virus: Beiträge zur Sozialgeschichte der Medizin, vol. 21, pp. 15-29, 2023.
Sound, order and survival in prison : the rhythms and routines of HMP Midtown Book
Bristol University Press, 2024.
Sensory “Heteroglossia” and Social Control: Sensory Methodology and Method” Bachelor Thesis
2022.
Sensory Penalities: exploring the senses in spaces of punishment and social control Book
Bingley : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2021.
Musical Torture, in Insulting Music Book Chapter
In: pp. 171-179, Springer International Publishing, 2022.
Hearing Loss in Prison Inmates Journal Article
In: Ear and Hearing, vol. 10, iss. 3, pp. 178-183, 1989.
Captive Audiences: Sound, Silence, and Listening in Civil War Prisons Journal Article
In: Journal of social history, vol. 48, iss. 2, pp. 239-263, 2014.
On the Machinery of Moral Improvement: Music and Prison Reform in the Penal Colony on Norfolk Island Journal Article
In: Musicology Australia, vol. 34, iss. 2, pp. 185-205, 2012.
Dangerous mediations : pop music in a Philippine prison video Book
Bloomsbury Academic, 2019.
Environmental Noise Pollution Noise Mapping, Public Health, and Policy Book
2nd, Elsevier, 2022.
Music and Torture in Nazi Sites of Persecution and Genocide in Occupied Poland, 1939–1945 Journal Article
In: The World of Music , vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 31-50, 2013.
Music, Torture, Testimony: Reopening the Case of the Greek Junta (1967–1974) Journal Article
In: The World of Music , vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 67-89, 2013.
On Music, Torture and Detention: Reflections on Issues of Research and Discipline Journal Article
In: Transposition, vol. 2, iss. 2(Hors-série 2), 2020.
Punishment, in SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture Book Chapter
In: Sturman, Janet (Ed.): vol. 5, pp. 1769-1770, SAGE Publications, Inc, 2019.
On Music, Torture and Detention: Reflections on Issues of Research and Discipline Journal Article
In: Transposition, vol. Hors-série 2, 2020.
Torture. Introduction Journal Article
In: Torture : quarterly journal on rehabilitation of torture victims and prevention of torture, vol. 23, iss. 2, pp. 1-3, 2013.
The use and abuse of music : criminal records Book
Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019.
Hearing and the Hospital: Sound, Listening, Knowledge and Experience Book
Sean Kingston Publishing, 2013.
Sounds inside: prison, prisoners and acoustical agency Journal Article
In: Sound Studies, vol. 2, iss. 1, pp. 6-20, 2016.
"180 prisoners and the noise… it hits you BANG!" : Sensory systems, incarceration and resettlement Book Chapter
In: Shingler, J.; Stickney, J. (Ed.): The journey from prison to community: developing identity, meaning and belonging with men in the UK, Routledge, 2024.
'Darker than the Dungeon’: Music, Ambivalence, and the Carceral Subject Journal Article
In: International journal for the semiotics of law = Revue internationale de sémiotique juridique, vol. 31, iss. 2, pp. 275-299, 2018.
Music in Detention and Interrogation: The Musical Ecology of Fear Book Chapter
In: Mark ; Knakkergaard Grimshaw-Aagaard, Martin ; Walther-Hansen (Ed.): vol. 2, pp. 280-300, Oxford Handbooks, 2019.
Light
“The Darkness”: Deprivation of sunlight as a form of torture Journal Article
In: Torture Journal , vol. 33, no. 1, 2023.
Policing Dark Islands Online
2023, visited: 30.11.2022.
Temperature
Air
The politics of prison air: breath, smell and wind in Myanmar prisons Journal Article
In: Punishment and Society, vol. 23, no. 4, 2021.
Prison design
The Impact of Trauma-Informed Design on Psychological Well-Being in Homeless Shelters Journal Article
In: Psychological services, vol. 20, iss. 3, pp. 680-689, 2023.
In: Journal of child & adolescent trauma, vol. 16, iss. 4, pp. 805-817, 2023.
The Call for Trauma‐Informed Design Research and Practice Journal Article
In: Design Management Review, vol. 33, iss. 2, pp. 26-31, 2022.
Understanding Trauma-Informed Design Journal Article
In: American Jails, vol. 36, iss. 2, pp. 27-30, 2022.
Designing 'Healthy' Prisons for Women: Incorporating Trauma-Informed Care and Practice (TICP) into Prison Planning and Design Journal Article
In: International journal of environmental research and public health, vol. 16, iss. 20, pp. 3818 -, 2019.
Designing for Rehabilitation: EuroPris Real Estate Expert Group Technical Report
2024.
Trauma-informed practice
The EssenCES measure of social climate: A preliminary validation and normative data in UK high secure hospital settings Journal Article
In: Criminal behaviour and mental health, vol. 19, no. 5, pp. 308-320, 2009.
A best fit model of Trauma-Informed care for young people in residential and secure services Technical Report
2016.
Evaluating Treatment Environments: The Quality of Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Programs Book
London: Taylor and Francis, 1997.
General reading
Bodies and knowledges: feminism and the crisis of reason Book Chapter
In: Alcoff, L.; Potter, E. (Ed.): Feminist Epistemologies, Routledge, 1993.
Princeton University Press, 2007.
The five senses: A philosophy of mingled bodies Book
London: Continuum international Publishing Group, 2016.
The Sensory Experience of Release: Reflections Online
2024, visited: 30.11.2023.
The Prison Cell Embodied and Everyday Spaces of Incarceration Book
1st, Springer International Publishing, 2020.
A human rights law perspective on sensory experience and dignity in detention Online
2022, visited: 30.11.2021.

