American Prisons and Jails (eBook)

An Encyclopedia of Controversies and Trends [2 volumes]

Worley Robert M. Worley, Worley Vidisha Barua Worley (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
832 Seiten
Bloomsbury Publishing (USA) (Verlag)
979-8-216-04673-8 (ISBN)

Infos

This two-volume encyclopedia provides a comprehensive and authoritative examination of the history and current character of American prisons and jails and their place in the U.S. corrections system.This encyclopedia provides a rigorous and comprehensive summary of correctional systems and practices and their evolution throughout US history.Topics include sentencing norms and contemporary developments; differences between local jails and prisons and regional, state, and federal systems; violent and nonviolent inmate populations; operations of state and federal prisons, including well-known prisons such as ADX-Florence, Alcatrez, Attica, Leavenworth, and San Quentin; privately run, for-profit prisons as well as the companies that run them; inmate culture, including prisoner-generated social hierarchies, prisoner slang, gangs, drug use, and violence; prison trends and statistics, including racial, ethnic, age, gender, and educational breakdowns; the death penalty; and post-incarceration outcomes, including recidivism.The set showcases contributions from some of the leading scholars in the fields of correctional systems and practices and will be a valuable resource for anyone interested in learning more about American prisons, jails, and community corrections.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.12.2018
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften
• ISBN-13: 979-8-216-04673-8 / 9798216046738