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Author Bosworth, Mary F. (Francesca)

Title Encyclopedia of Prisons and Correctional Facilities.

Publication Info. Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 2004.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Internet  WORLD WIDE WEB E-BOOK EBSCOEBC    Downloadable
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Description 1 online resource (1401 pages)
Note Print version record.
Summary The two-volume Encyclopedia of Prisons and Correctional Facilities aims to provide a critical overview of penal institutions within a historical and contemporary framework. Issues of race, gender, and class are fully integrated throughout in order to demonstrate the complexity of the implementation and intended results of incarceration. The Encyclopedia contains biographies, articles describing important legal statutes, and detailed and authoritative descriptions of the major prisons in the United States. Comparative data and examples are employed to analyze the American system within an inter.
Note GMD: electronic resource.
Subject Prisons -- United States -- Encyclopedias.
Correctional institutions -- United States -- Encyclopedias.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Penology.
Correctional institutions. (OCoLC)fst00880178
Prisons. (OCoLC)fst01077326
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form Encyclopedias. (OCoLC)fst01423798
Other Form: Print version: 9780761927310
ISBN 9781452265421 (electronic bk.)
1452265429 (electronic bk.)
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