Encyclopedia of prisons & correctional facilities
Issues of race, gender, and class are fully integrated throughout in order to demonstrate the complexity of the implementation and intended results of incarceration. The Encyclopedia contains biographies, articles describing important legal statutes, and detailed and authoritative descriptions of the major prisons in the United States. Comparative data and examples are employed to analyze the American system within an international context. The Encyclopedia's entries are all written by recognized authorities. The appendix contains a comprehensive listing of every federal prison in the U.S., complete with facility details and service information
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1 online resource (394 entries) : 44 images, digital files
9781849725736, 184972573X
755061966
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List of EntriesReader′s GuideList of SidebrsTimelineList of ContributorsIntroductionAckoweledgementsAbout the AuthorEntries A - ZAppendixMaster bibliograpyMaster Index
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