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Author Wener, Richard, author.

Title The environmental psychology of prisons and jails : creating humane spaces in secure settings / Richard E. Wener.

Publication Info. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
©2012

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  155.962 W473E    Check Shelf
Description xiv, 300 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Series Cambridge series in environment and behavior
Cambridge series in environment and behavior.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Section I. Overview: History of Correctional Design, Development, and Implementation of Direct Supervision as an Innovation: 1. Introduction; 2. Historical view; 3. The development of direct supervision as a design and management system; 4. Post-occupancy evaluations of the earliest DS jails; 5. Effectiveness of direct supervision models -- Section II. Environment-Behavior Issues in Corrections: 6. Correctional space and behavior: privacy, personal space, and territoriality in institutions; 7. Prison crowding; 8. The psychology of isolation in prison settings; 9. The effects of noise in correctional settings; 10. Windows, light, nature, and color -- Section III. A Model and Conclusions: 11. An environmental and contextual model of violence in jails and prisons; 12. Conclusion.
Subject Environmental psychology.
Prisons.
Jails.
Correctional institutions.
Correctional institutions. (OCoLC)fst00880178
Environmental psychology. (OCoLC)fst00913431
Jails. (OCoLC)fst00981129
Prisons. (OCoLC)fst01077326
ISBN 9781107477735 (pbk.)
1107477735 (pbk.)
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