The prisoners' world: portraits of convicts caught in the incarceration binge

Historical periods of prisoners' worlds -- Premises of the incarceration binge culture -- Binge growth theory -- Families and home -- Pathways to prison -- Getting into "the system" -- Cells -- Daily work routine -- Correctional officers -- Prisoner free time -- The homosexual prisone...

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VerfasserInnen: Tregea, William 1944- (Verfasst von) ; Larmour, Marjorie 1920-2007 (Verfasst von)
Medienart: Druck Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Lanham, Md. [u.a.] Lexington Books 2009
In:Jahr: 2009
Bestand in Tübingen:In Tübingen vorhanden.
UB: KB 20 A 3727
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Schlagwörter:
Prisoners > Social conditions > California
Prisoners > Biography > California
Prisoners > Social conditions > Michigan
Prisoners > Biography > Michigan
USA > Strafgefangener > Soziale Situation > Rechtspolitik > Geschichte 1983-2008
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Zusammenfassung:Historical periods of prisoners' worlds -- Premises of the incarceration binge culture -- Binge growth theory -- Families and home -- Pathways to prison -- Getting into "the system" -- Cells -- Daily work routine -- Correctional officers -- Prisoner free time -- The homosexual prisoner -- Drugs and contraband in prison -- Michigan Reformatory (MR) : young blacks caught (1987-1994) in Detroit's incarceration binge drug sweeps -- Detroit's inner city : critique by youth (under 25) black prisoners at Michigan Reformatory (MR) -- Inner city experiences : black prisoners over 25 at Jackson State Prison, 1990-2000 -- Cocaine and addictive deadly crack in Detroit's inner city -- Guns in the inner city -- Prisoners' views on system and reentry -- The end of the incarceration binge?
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physische Details:XVIII, 354 S., graph. Darst.
ISBN:978-0-7391-2915-9
978-0-7391-2916-6