Prisons in America: A Reference Handbook

ISBN-13: 9781576071021 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 227 str.

Nicole Hahn Rafter; Debra Stanley; Debra L. Stanley

Opis

"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.