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Author Walsh, John P., 1966-

Title The culture of urban control : jail overcrowding in the crime control era / John P. Walsh.

Publication Info. Lanham : Lexington Books, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource (199 pages)
Note Print version record.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Through an analysis of a federal consent decree and media representation related to overcrowding within the largest single-site jail facility in the United States, the incarceration binge of the 1990's is explored at the local level in The Culture of Urban Control: Jail Overcrowding in the Crime Control Era. Analysis of jail conditions, expansion, the inmate experience and changing correctional populations provide a narrative of the culture of control within the Cook County Department of Corrections in Chicago, Illinois.>
Note GMD: electronic resource.
Subject Jails -- Overcrowding -- United States.
Corrections -- United States.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Penology.
Corrections. (OCoLC)fst00880260
Jails -- Overcrowding. (OCoLC)fst00981145
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Other Form: Print version: Walsh, John P., 1966- Culture of urban control. Lanham : Lexington Books, [2013] 9780739174647 (DLC) 2013012293 (OCoLC)828884623
ISBN 9780739174654 (electronic bk.)
0739174657 (electronic bk.)
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