American prisons: their past, present and future
Introduction -- A brief history of imprisonment in America (1600-1900) -- The twentieth century prison building binge -- Federal prisons in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries -- Profiting from punishment: corporations and American prisons -- The final solution - capital punishment -- Less visi...
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| Tipo de documento: | Print Libro |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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London New York
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
2017
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| En: | Año: 2017 |
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| Disponibilidad en Tübingen: | Disponible en Tübingen. UB: KB 20 A 8843 |
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| Sumario: | Introduction -- A brief history of imprisonment in America (1600-1900) -- The twentieth century prison building binge -- Federal prisons in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries -- Profiting from punishment: corporations and American prisons -- The final solution - capital punishment -- Less visible prison minorities - women, children and the elderly -- Prison by-products - violence and disease -- The future of prisons in the United States |
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| Notas: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Descripción Física: | xi, 242 Seiten, Diagramme |
| ISBN: | 9781138805798 9781138805781 |