Chapter 1. Introduction.- Section 1. Ethics, Human Rights and Penal Spectatorship.- Chapter 2. Iconic Power, Dark Tourism and the Spectacle of Suffering.- Chapter 3. Remembering and Forgetting the Gulag.- Chapter 4. “A Funny Place for a Prison”.- Chapter 5. Juxtaposing Prison and Other Carceral Sites.- Chapter 6. Mapping the Labyrinth.- Chapter 7. Screening Tourist Encounters.- Chapter 8. Penal Optics and the Struggle for the Right to Look.- Section 2. Carceral Retasking, Curation and Commodification of Punishment.- Chapter 9. Layers of Violence.- Chapter 10. Rottnest or Wadjemup.- Chapter 11. Taiwan’s Former Political Prisons.- Chapter 12. Representing the Maze/Long Kesh Prison in Northern Ireland.- Chapter 13. The “Kresty” Prison and Tourism.- Chapter 14. Prisons, Tourism and Symbolism.- Chapter 15. Rocking the Boat.- Section 3. Meanings of Prison Life and Representations of Punishment in Tourism Sites.- Chapter 16. Vagabonds and Rogues.- Chapter 17. City of Women.- Chapter 18. Constructed Inmates.- Chapter 19. Commemorating Captive Women.- Chapter 20. From Shame to Fame.- Chapter 21. Haunting Encounters at Canadian Penal History Museums.- Chapter 22. In the Steps of Monte Cristo and the “Last Queen of France”.- Section 4. Death and Torture in Prison Museums.- Chapter 23. Penal Tourism and the Paradox of (In)Humane Punishment.- Chapter 24. Representing Political Oppression.- Chapter 25. Punishment as Sublime Edutainment.- Chapter 26. Representations of Capital Punishment in Canadian Penal History Museums.- Chapter 27. Ghost Hunting in Prison.- Chapter 28. Don’t Mess with Texas.- Section 5. Colonialism, Relics of Empire and Prison Museums.- Chapter 29. Empire and Its Aftermath in Four (Post-)Colonial Settings.- Chapter 30. Journeying Towards New Methods in Prison Tourism Research.- Chapter 31. Remembering and Representing Imprisonment in Postcolonial Cities.- Chapter 32. Penal Tourism of the Carceral Other as Colonial Narrative.- Chapter 33. Reversing Criminology’s White Gaze.- Chapter 34. Penal Transportation, Family History and Convict Tourism.- Chapter 35. Inventing a Colonial Dark Tourism Site.- Section 6. Visitor Consumption and Experiences of Prison Tourism.- Chapter 36. Explorations in Banality.- Chapter 37. Visitor Experiences at Prison Museums.- Chapter 38. Execution on Display.- Chapter 39. In Their Own Words.- Chapter 40. Interpretive Programming on Alcatraz Island.- Chapter 41. “Cannibals and Convicts”.- Section 7. Tourism and Operational Prisons.- Chapter 42. The Backpacker’s Guide to the Prison.- Chapter 43. The Prison Tour as a Pedagogical Tool.- Chapter 44. Touring Operational Carceral Facilities as a Pedagogical Tool.- Chapter 45. Why and How Prison Museums/Tourism Contribute to the Normalization of the Carceral/Shadow Carceral State.- Chapter 46. Punitive Healing and Penal Relics.- Chapter 47. Developing Pedagogies of Human Rights and Social Justice in the Prison Museum.- Chapter 48. Sport, Spectacle and Carceral Othering

“The word ‘comprehensive’ is often over-used, but The Palgrave Handbook of Prison Tourism really is the most comprehensive collection of works on the topic ever published. Bringing together all the leading international experts in the field, from a range of academic disciplines, the editors have succeeded in producing the definitive handbook on prison museums and prison tourist sites. A phenomenal achievement.” (Yvonne Jewkes, Research Professor in Criminology, School of Applied Social Science, University of Brighton, UK)

“Prisons are Other places where social justice and institutional hegemony is signified. Yet, former prisons as tourist attractions now offer a punishment gaze where heritage custodians take charge of a ‘penal spectatorship’. Incarceration transcends cultures and nations and, as such, (his)stories of our carceral past are played out within contemporary ‘prison tourism’. This seminal reference volume offers comprehensive and critical international accounts of our carceral memorialization and, consequently, is undoubtedly the ‘go-to’ text for scholarly enquires into prison tourism within the broader visitor economy.” (Dr Philip Stone, Executive Director: Institute for Dark Tourism Research, University of Central Lancashire, UK)

“The Palgrave Handbook of Prison Tourism is an international collection on prison tourism that provides a timely global context in an extensive offering of forty-eight chapters from key researchers in the field. This major work extends theoretical discussions on the sociological and political implications of the phenomenon, historical legacies of state power and colonialism as well as analysis of curatorial, heritage and tourism management perspectives. In doing so the authors raise serious questions about the ongoing impacts of incarceration and the ways in which these former sites of imprisonment are interpreted, visited, promoted as destinations and ultimately understood in the present day.” (Professor Keir Reeves, Federation University Australia)

"The word 'comprehensive' is often over-used, but The Palgrave Handbook of Prison Tourism really is the most comprehensive collection of works on the topic ever published. Bringing together all the leading international experts in the field, from a range of academic disciplines, the editors have succeeded in producing the definitive handbook on prison museums and prison tourist sites. A phenomenal achievement." (Yvonne Jewkes, Research Professor in Criminology, School of Applied Social Science, University of Brighton, UK) "Prisons are Other places where social justice and institutional hegemony is signified. Yet, former prisons as tourist attractions now offer a punishment gaze where heritage custodians take charge of a 'penal spectatorship'. Incarceration transcends cultures and nations and, as such, (his)stories of our carceral past are played out within contemporary 'prison tourism'. This seminal reference volume offers comprehensive and critical international accounts of our carceral memorialization and, consequently, is undoubtedly the 'go-to' text for scholarly enquires into prison tourism within the broader visitor economy." (Dr Philip Stone, Executive Director: Institute for Dark Tourism Research, University of Central Lancashire, UK) "The Palgrave Handbook of Prison Tourism is an international collection on prison tourism that provides a timely global context in an extensive offering of forty-eight chapters from key researchers in the field. This major work extends theoretical discussions on the sociological and political implications of the phenomenon, historical legacies of state power and colonialism as well as analysis of curatorial, heritage and tourism management perspectives. In doing so the authors raise serious questions about the ongoing impacts of incarceration and the ways in which these former sites of imprisonment are interpreted, visited, promoted as destinations and ultimately understood in the present day." (Professor Keir Reeves, Federation University Australia)

Provides a thorough and comprehensive overview of the phenomena of prison tourism Draws on cases of prisons and museums from around the world Offers a wide range of contributions from experts in criminology, cultural studies, history, and tourism

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