Prisons in America
A Reference Handbook
Published on 4. November 1999
Book
Hardback
227 pages
978-1-57607-102-1 (ISBN)
Description
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
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
Reviews / Votes
"...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 "...a concise and useful starting point for research on this timely topic ... Rafter and Stanley have done a creditable job packaging a mountain of information into a clear, well written introduction to the topic geared toward the high school and undergraduate researcher." - American Reference Books Annual "This well organized reference book presents a skillful overview of American prisons and change." - Newsletter of the Division on Women and CrimeMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
549 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-57607-102-1 (9781576071021)
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Persons
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.
Debra L. Stanley is assistant professor at Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT.