Constitutional Challenges to Prison Overcrowding: The Scientific Evidence of Harmful Effects

In the past two decades American courts have decided numerous cases involving the constitutionality of prison and jail conditions. A number of prison cases have turned on the court's assessment of the constitutionality of narrow conditions, such as sanitation, fire safety, medical and mental he...

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Autor principal: Call, Jack E. (Autor)
Otros Autores: Thornberry, Terence P.
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 1983
En:Año: 1983
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