States of Siege: U.S. Prison Riots 1971-1986

ISBN-13: 9780195072716 / Angielski / Miękka / 1991 / 288 str.

Bert Useem; Peter Kimball

Opis

This book examines case studies of recent prison riots in five states, including the 1971 radical uprising in Attica, New York, and the infamous 1981 bloodbath at the New Mexico Penitentiary. The most extensive and detailed work yet written on US prison riots, the authors explain the occurrence and variations of riots as a reflection of the administrative breakdown of the prison system within a changing ideological context. A theoretical appendix helps make this work an ideal introduction to sociological theories of collective action.

Recenzje

"Useem and Kimball bring it all together, to risk an old cliché....A topic to again bring into our lectures, an excellent supplementary text for criminology, criminal justice, and corrections courses....Well-organized....The reader will gain greatly from the work of Useem and Kimball."—Social Science Quarterly