This two-volume encyclopedia provides a comprehensive and authoritative examination of the history and current character of American prisons and jails and their place in the U.S. corrections system.
This encyclopedia provides a rigorous and comprehensive summary of correctional systems and practices and their evolution throughout US history.
Topics include sentencing norms and contemporary developments; differences between local jails and prisons and regional, state, and federal systems; violent and nonviolent inmate populations; operations of state and federal prisons, including well-known prisons such as ADX-Florence, Alcatrez, Attica, Leavenworth, and San Quentin; privately run, for-profit prisons as well as the companies that run them; inmate culture, including prisoner-generated social hierarchies, prisoner slang, gangs, drug use, and violence; prison trends and statistics, including racial, ethnic, age, gender, and educational breakdowns; the death penalty; and post-incarceration outcomes, including recidivism.
The set showcases contributions from some of the leading scholars in the fields of correctional systems and practices and will be a valuable resource for anyone interested in learning more about American prisons, jails, and community corrections.
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American Prisons and Jails
An Encyclopedia of Controversies and Trends [2 volumes]
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- English
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eBook - ePub
American Prisons and Jails
An Encyclopedia of Controversies and Trends [2 volumes]
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Volume 1
- Volume 2
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
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