Prisons in America

A Reference Handbook

AvNicole Hahn Rafter,Debra Stanley

Inbunden, Engelska, 1999

Del i serien Contemporary World Issues

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Beskrivning

A handy source for basic statistics on prisoners, penal trends, and programs and services in America's prisons.Prisons in America covers such important subjects as punishment in the United States since colonial times; the most critical penal problems today; units for special populations; key penologists, and more. This work is a source for basic statistics on prisoners, penal trends, programs, services, and more. Listings of professional organizations and print and nonprint resources are also included.Listings of professional organizations and print and nonprint resources

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1999-11-04
Mått:157 x 235 x 19 mm
Vikt:549 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Contemporary World Issues
Antal sidor:227
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781576071021

Utforska kategorier

Referensverk och tvärvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Nicole Hahn Rafter is a professional writer and chair of the Division on Women and Crime of the American Society of Criminology. She is also chair of the Crime, Law, and Deviance section of the American Sociological Association.Debra L. Stanley is assistant professor at Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT.

Recensioner i media

"...a conscise reference, gathering information currently spread out through numerous standard references and other books on the subject ... this volume will be of interest to readers who are unfamiliar with prison literature or who want an overview of the subject." - Library Journal