Explaining U.S. Imprisonment.
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TextPublication details: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 2009.Description: 1 online resource (305 pages)Content type: - text
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- online resource
- 9781483302102
- 1483302105
- 9781483342610
- 1483342611
- 365.973 365/.973
- HV9471 .B675 2010
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Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction: Explaining U.S. Imprisonment; 1 -- The Origins of U.S. Imprisonment; 2 -- Penal Reform and Prison Science; 3 -- Prison Culture; 4 -- An Era of Uncertainty; 5 -- The Punitive Turn; 6 -- A Culture of Control; 7 -- Challenging the Culture of Control?; 8 -- The New Detention; Conclusion: Where To From Here?; References; Index; About the Author.
Gives an indepth view of US prisons within the broader theoretical body of work referred to as the sociology of punishment.
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