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Autore |
Stadler William Andrew <1978-> |
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Titolo |
Special sensitivity? [[electronic resource] ] : the white-collar offender in prison / / William A. Stadler |
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El Paso, AR, : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2012 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (183 p.) |
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Collana |
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Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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White collar crimes - United States |
Sentences (Criminal procedure) - 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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CONTENTS; List of Tables; Chapter 1: The White-Collar Crime Problem; Chapter 2: Understanding White-Collar Crime; Chapter 3: Exploring the Special Sensitivity Hypothesis; Chapter 4: The White-Collar Inmate Experience; Chapter 5: Questioning the Special Sensitivity Hypothesis; Chapter 6: The Future of White-Collar Offender Sentencing; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Despite recent increases in incarceration for white-collar offenders, little is known about their prison experiences or how they adjust to imprisonment. In the justice system a view has prevailed that white-collar offenders have a "special sensitivity" to imprisonment-that they are more susceptible to the pains of prison. Stadler explores this view to determine how white-collar inmates adjust to life in prison and whether they do so differently than street offenders. Evidence suggests that white-collar inmates are no more likely to experience negative prison adjustment than street offenders, a |
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