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Explaining U.S. Imprisonment
- Mary Bosworth - University of Oxford, UK and Monash University, Australia
Other Titles in:
Corrections/Penology | Critical Issues in Criminology and Criminal Justice | Prison Studies
Corrections/Penology | Critical Issues in Criminology and Criminal Justice | Prison Studies
October 2009 | 304 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
Explaining U.S. Imprisonment builds on and extends some of the contemporary issues of women in prison, minorities, and the historical path to modern prisons as well as the social influences on prison reform.
INTRODUCTION
1: THE ORIGINS OF U.S. IMPRISONMENT: BEYOND THE PENITENTIARY
2: PENAL REFORM AND PRISON SCIENCE: ENGINEERING ORDER AND BUILDING AMERICA
3: PRISON CULTURE: SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL CHANGE
4: AN ERA OF UNCERTAINTY: RIOTS, REFORM AND REPRESSION
5: THE PUNITIVE TURN: LAYING THE FOUNDATIONS FOR MASS IMPRISONMENT
6: A CULTURE OF CONTROL
7: CHALLENGING THE CULTURE OF CONTROL?
8: THE NEW DETENTION: SECURING THE BORDER
CONCLUSION
good overview for advanced penology course
Law Police Science Dept, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
October 22, 2010
Fits my needs as well as an afordable package with the second book.
Public Service Social Sci Div, Massasoit Community College - Brockton
October 20, 2010
Sample Materials & Chapters
1. The Origins of U.S. Imprisonment
7. Challenging the Culture of Control?
