Prisons In The United States: A Reference Handbook (contemporary World Issues)
by Cyndi Banks /
2017 / English / PDF
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Offering perspectives from a range of experts, both academic and
nonacademic, this reference book examines the development of
prisons in the United States and addresses the principal
contemporary issues and controversies of our prisons and prison
systems.
Offering perspectives from a range of experts, both academic and
nonacademic, this reference book examines the development of
prisons in the United States and addresses the principal
contemporary issues and controversies of our prisons and prison
systems.
• Presents a comprehensive yet succinct history of the
development of men's and women's prisons in the United States
• Presents a comprehensive yet succinct history of the
development of men's and women's prisons in the United States
• Offers a range of author perspectives that identify and explore
the principal issues associated with prisons and imprisonment
• Offers a range of author perspectives that identify and explore
the principal issues associated with prisons and imprisonment
• Documents the shift from an intent to reform inmates in prisons
to retribution and an attempt to remove all criminals from
society, using prisons for "warehousing" of undesired elements
• Documents the shift from an intent to reform inmates in prisons
to retribution and an attempt to remove all criminals from
society, using prisons for "warehousing" of undesired elements
• Provides a complete reference guide for the understanding of
prisons and imprisonment as a punishment
• Provides a complete reference guide for the understanding of
prisons and imprisonment as a punishment
