Prisons in America: A Reference Handbook - Hardcover
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Prisons in America: A Reference Handbook - Hardcover
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by Nicole Hahn Rafter (Author), Debra Stanley (Author)
A handy source for basic statistics on prisoners, penal trends, and programs and services in America's prisons.
Prisons in America covers such important subjects as punishment in the United States since colonial times; the most critical penal problems today; units for special populations; key penologists, and more. This work is a source for basic statistics on prisoners, penal trends, programs, services, and more. Listings of professional organizations and print and nonprint resources are also included.Author Biography
Nicole Hahn Rafter is a professional writer and chair of the Division on Women and Crime of the American Society of Criminology. She is also chair of the Crime, Law, and Deviance section of the American Sociological Association.
Debra L. Stanley is assistant professor at Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT.
Number of Pages: 242
Dimensions: 0.97 x 9.34 x 6.43 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: November 04, 1999