The "million dollar inmate": the financial and social burden of nonviolent offenders
An introduction to the million dollar inmate -- Punishment in the 20th century : run-on sentences -- Sentencing today : a sentence is a sentence-- period! -- Prison conditions -- The financial costs of incarceration : an overview -- Expensive prisoners -- The social costs of incarceration : the hidd...
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Medienart: | Druck Buch |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Veröffentlicht: |
Lanham, Md. [u.a.]
Lexington Books
2007
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In: | Jahr: 2007 |
Bestand in Tübingen: | In Tübingen vorhanden. UB: KB 20 A 2913 |
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Zusammenfassung: | An introduction to the million dollar inmate -- Punishment in the 20th century : run-on sentences -- Sentencing today : a sentence is a sentence-- period! -- Prison conditions -- The financial costs of incarceration : an overview -- Expensive prisoners -- The social costs of incarceration : the hidden yet expensive side of prison -- Retribution : can we have our 'just desert' and eat it too? -- Incapacitation : if we lock them up, maybe they'll just go away! -- Some specifics on deterrence, in general -- Rehabilitation and treatment : where is the correction in our correctional institutions? -- The benefits of incarceration - real and perceived -- Policy recommendations |
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Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references |
Beschreibung: | XIV, 241 S. |
ISBN: | 0739114964 9780739114964 |