Welch, Michael and Liza Schuster (2008) "American and British Constructions of Asylum Seekers: Moral Panic, Detention and Human Rights." In Keeping Out the Other: A Critical Introduction to Immigration Enforcement Today. David Brotherton and Philip Kretsedemas(Editors). New York: Columbia University Press.

Welch, Michael (2008) "Militarizing Power in the War on Terror: Unlawful Enemy Combatants and the Military Commissions Act," In R. Haveman and A. Smeulers (Eds.), Towards a Criminology of International Crimes. Antwerp: Intersentia (Belgium).

Welch, Michael (2008) "Jailing in Post-9/11 America: The Convergence of Terror, Crime, and Migration Control." In Stan Stojkovic (editor), Managing Special Populations in Jails and Prisons, Volume II. Kingston, NJ: Civic Research Institute.

Welch, Michael (2008) "Profiling and Detention in the War on Terror: Human Rights Predicaments for the Criminal Justice Apparatus." In Visions for Change: Crime and Justice in the Twenty-First Century (4th edition), Roslyn Muraskin and Albert R. Roberts (Editors). Englewood Cliffs, N.J.:Prentice Hall.

Welch, Michael (2007) "Moral Panic, Denial, and Human Rights: Scanning the Spectrum from Over-Reaction to Under-Reaction," in Sociology and Politics of Denial: Crime, Social Control and Human Rights-Essays in Honour of Stanley Cohen. Christine Chinkin, David Downes, Conor Gearty, & Paul Rock (Editors). Cullumpton, Devon (UK): Willan Publishing.

Welch, Michael (2007) "Immigration Lockdown Before and After 9/11: Ethnic Constructions and Their Consequences." In Race, Gender and Punishment: From Colonialism to the War on Terror, Mary Bosworth and Jeanne Flavin (Editors). New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.

Welch, Michael and Liza Schuster (2006) "Detention of Asylum Seekers in the UK and US: Deciphering Noisy and Quiet Constructions." In Moral Panics and the Media, Chas Critcher (Editor). London: Open University Press (McGraw Hill). Reprinted from Punishment & Society: An International Journal of Penology, (2005).

Welch, Michael (2006) "The Correctional Response to Prisoners with HIV/AIDS: Morality, Metaphors, and Myths" In The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Criminology and Criminal Justice. Mark M. Lanier (Editor) Aldershot, United Kingdom: Ashgate Publishing Limited (Reprinted from Social Pathology, 2000).

Welch, Michael (2005) "Restoring Prison Systems in War Torn Nations: Correctional Vision, Monitoring, and Human Rights." In Current Issues in International Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (Papers from the Ancillary Meetings held within the framework of the United Nations Eleventh Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, Bangkok, Thailand April 18-25, 2005), J. Albanese (Editor), Pp: 99-116. Milano, Italy: ISPAC (International Scientific and Professional Advisory Council of the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme.

Welch, Michael (2004) "A Sociopolitical Approach to the Reproduction of Violence in Canadian Prisons." In Violence in Canada: Sociopolitical Perspectives (2nd edition), Jeffrey Ian Ross (Editor), Pp. 250-283. New Brunswick, NJ (USA), London (UK): Transaction Publishers.

Welch, Michael (2004) "Profiling and Detention in the War on Terror: Human Rights Predicaments for the Criminal Justice Apparatus." In Visions for Change: Crime and Justice in the Twenty-First Century (3rd edition), Roslyn Muraskin and Albert R. Roberts (Editors), Pp. 203-218. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.:Prentice Hall.

Welch, Michael, Lisa Weber, and Walter Edwards (2003) "'All the News That's Fit to Print': A Content Analysis of the Correctional Debate in the New York Times." In Critical Issues in Crime and Justice , 2nd Edition. Albert R. Roberts (Editor), Pp. 367-379. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. (Reprinted from Welch, et al., 2000).

Welch, Michael (2002) "The Reproduction of Violence in U.S. Prisons." In Correctional Perspectives: Views from Academics, Practitioners, and Prisoners, L. Fiftal Alarid and P. Cromwell (eds.), Pp. 137-146. Los Angeles, California: Roxbury.

Welch, Michael (2002) "Detention in I.N.S. Jails: Bureaucracy, Brutality, and a Booming Business." In Turnstile Justice: Issues in American Corrections (2nd Edition). Rosemary L. Gido and Ted Alleman (Editors), Pp. 202-214. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall.

Lesieur, Henry, and Michael Welch (2000) "Vice Crimes: Personal Autonomy Versus Societal Dictates." In Criminology: A Contemporary Handbook (3rd Edition),Joseph F. Sheley (Editor), Pp. 233-263. Belmont, California: Wadsworth.

Welch, Michael (1999) "The Reproduction of Institutional Violence in American Prisons" In Visions for Change: Crime and Justice in the Twenty-First Century (2nd edition), Roslyn Muraskin and Albert R. Roberts (Editors), Pp. 313-328. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.:Prentice Hall.

Welch, Michael (1999) "The Immigration Crisis: Detention as an Emerging Mechanism of Social Control." In Immigration: A Civil Rights Issue for the America, S. Jonas and S.D. Thomas (Editors), Pp.191-206. Wilmington, Delaware: Scholarly Resources (Reprinted from Welch, 1996).

Welch, Michael (1998) "Critical Criminology, Social Control, and an Alternative View of Corrections." In Cutting the Edge: Current Perspectives in Radical and Critical Criminology, Jeffrey Ian Ross (Editor), Pp. 107-121. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishing.

Welch, Michael, Melissa Fenwick, and Meredith Roberts (1998) "State Managers, Intellectuals, and the Media: A Content Analysis of Ideology in Experts' Quotes in Featured Newspaper Articles on Crime," In Constructing Crime: Perspectives on Making News and Social Problems, Gary W. Potter and Victor E. Kappeler (Editors), Pp. 87-110. Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press. (Reprinted from Welch, et al., 1998).

Welch, Michael (1998) "Problems Facing Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) Centers: Policies, Procedures, and Allegations of Human Rights Violations." In Turnstile Justice: Issues in American Corrections, Ted Alleman and Rosemary L. Gido (Editors), Pp. 192-204. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall.

Welch, Michael (1997) "Rehabilitation: Holding Its Ground in Corrections." In Introduction to Corrections, Cliff Roberson (Editor), Pp. 28-38. Incline Village, NV: Copperhouse Publishing Company (Reprinted from Welch, 1995).

Welch, Michael (1996) "Race and Social Class in the Examination of Punishment." In Justice with Prejudice: Race and Criminal Justice in America, Michael J. Lynch and E. Britt Patterson (Editors), Pp. 156-169. New York: Harrow and Heston.

Welch, Michael (1996) "Jail Overcrowding: Social Sanitation and the Warehousing of the Urban Underclass." Crime & Justice in America: Present Realities and Future Prospects, Paul Cromwell and Roger Dunham (Editors), Pp. 263-284. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. (Reprinted from Welch, 1994)

Welch, Michael (1996) "Prison Violence in America: Past, Present, and Future." In Visions for Change: Crime and Justice in the Twenty-First Century, Roslyn Muraskin and Albert R. Roberts (Editors), Pp. 184-198. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall.

Welch, Michael (1995) "A Sociopolitical Approach to the Reproduction of Violence in Canadian Prisons." In Violence in Canada: Sociopolitical Perspectives, Jeffrey Ian Ross (Editor), Pp. 252-283. Toronto: Oxford University Press.

Lesieur, Henry & Michael Welch (1995) "Vice Crimes: Individual Choices and Social Controls." In The Handbook of Contemporary Criminology (2nd Edition) Joseph Sheley (Editor), Pp. 201-229. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.

Welch, Michael (1994) "Jail Overcrowding: Social Sanitation and the Warehousing of the Urban Underclass." Critical Issues in Crime and Justice, Albert R. Roberts (Editor), Pp. 251-276. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. (Reprinted in Welch, 1996).

Welch, Michael (1991) "The Expansion of Jail Capacity: Makeshift Jails and Public Policy." In American Jails: Public Policy Issues, Joel A. Thompson & G. Larry Mays (Editors), Pp. 148-162. Chicago: Nelson-Hall.

Lesieur, Henry & Michael Welch (1991) "Vice, Public Disorder and Social Control." In The Handbook of Contemporary Criminology, Joseph Sheley (Editor), Pp. 175-198. Belmont, CA: Wads-worth.

Welch, Michael & Herbert Holzman (1990) "The National Issues Forums Corrections Project: An Innovative Approach to Existing Non-Traditional Inmate Education." In Issues in Justice: Exploring Policy Issues in the Criminal Justice System, Roslyn Muraskin (Editor), Pp. 6-19. Bristol, Indiana: Wyndham Hall Press.