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Autore |
Selman Donna <1967-> |
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Titolo |
Punishment for sale [[electronic resource] ] : private prisons, big business and the incarceration binge / / Donna Selman and Paul Leighton |
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Lanham, MD, : Rowman & Littlefield, c2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-48061-8 |
9786612480614 |
1-4422-0174-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (217 p.) |
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Collana |
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Issues in crime & justice |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Corrections - Contracting out - United States |
Prisons - United States |
Privatization - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Punishment for Sale; Contents; List of Tables, Figures, and Boxes; Preface; Introduction; Part I: THE CRIME "PROBLEM" AND THE FREE MARKET "SOLUTION"; Chapter 01: America's Incarceration Binge; Chapter 02: The Big Government "Problem" and the Kentucky Fried Prison "Solution"; Part II: UNDERSTANDING THE OPERATIONS OF PRISON, INC.; Chapter 03: The Prison-Industrial Complex; Chapter 04: Confronting Problems; Chapter 05: A Critical Look at the Efficiency and Overhead Costs of Private Prisons; Conclusion; Appendix; References; 195Index; About the Authors |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Punishment for Sale is the definitive modern history of private prisons, told through social, economic and political frames. The authors explore the origin of the ideas of modern privatization, the establishment of private prisons, and the efforts to keep expanding in the face of problems and bad publicity. The book provides a balanced telling of the story of private prisons and the resistance they engendered within |
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