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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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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London New York
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
2017
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| In: | Year: 2017 |
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| Summary: | 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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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | xi, 242 Seiten Diagramme |
| ISBN: | 9781138805798 9781138805781 |