| Description |
2 volumes (793 pages) : illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
V. 1. A-M -- v.2. N-Z |
| Summary |
"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. 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."--Publisher's description. |
| Subject |
Prisons -- Law and legislation -- United States -- Encyclopedias.
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Prisons -- Law and legislation. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Encyclopedias.
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| Subject |
Correctional law -- United States -- Encyclopedias.
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Correctional law. |
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Prisons -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History.
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History. |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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Encyclopedias.
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| Added Author |
Worley, Vidisha Barua, editor.
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Worley, Robert M., editor.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: American prisons and jails. Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2018] 9781610695015 (DLC) 2018016538 |
| ISBN |
1440847487 (volume 1 ; hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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1440847495 (volume 2 ; hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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1610695003 (set ; hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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1610695011 (electronic book) |
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9781440847486 (volume 1 ; hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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9781440847493 (volume 2 ; hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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9781610695008 (set ; hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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9781610695015 (electronic book) |
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