Nicola Carr is Professor in Criminology at the University of Nottingham, UK, and Editor of the Probation Journal. She has researched widely on aspects of the criminal justice system, including on probation and community sanctions and measures and youth justice, as well as people’s experiences of criminal justice processes.Gwen Robinson is Professor in Criminal Justice at the University of Sheffield, UK. She has researched and published widely on probation practice, community sanctions and restorative justice.

• Chapter 1: Time and punishment: an introduction.- Chapter 2: Time, civilisation and ultimate penalities.- Chapter 3: Time and solitary confinement.- Chapter 4: Unmarking prison time during the covid-19 pandemic.- Chapter 5: Time in motion: transport between prisons as planned, lived and experienced time.- Chapter 6: The ‘reintegration paradox’: working towards the future while standing still.- Chapter 7: Time after time: imprisonment, re-entry and enduring temporariness.- Chapter 8: Probation work in the juridical field: a dance to the music of time.- Chapter 9: Criminal court time and social work time: pre-sentence reports and the chronotope of adjourned supervision.

Nicola Carr is Professor in Criminology at the University of Nottingham, UK, and Editor of the Probation Journal. She has researched widely on aspects of the criminal justice system, including on probation and community sanctions and measures and youth justice, as well as people’s experiences of criminal justice processes.Gwen Robinson is Professor in Criminal Justice at the University of Sheffield, UK. She has researched and published widely on probation practice, community sanctions and restorative justice.

• Chapter 1: Time and punishment: an introduction.- Chapter 2: Time, civilisation and ultimate penalities.- Chapter 3: Time and solitary confinement.- Chapter 4: Unmarking prison time during the covid-19 pandemic.- Chapter 5: Time in motion: transport between prisons as planned, lived and experienced time.- Chapter 6: The ‘reintegration paradox’: working towards the future while standing still.- Chapter 7: Time after time: imprisonment, re-entry and enduring temporariness.- Chapter 8: Probation work in the juridical field: a dance to the music of time.- Chapter 9: Criminal court time and social work time: pre-sentence reports and the chronotope of adjourned supervision.