Explaining U.S. Imprisonment [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910786816003321
• Autore: Bosworth Mary F. (Francesca)
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Thousand Oaks, : SAGE Publications, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (305 p.)
• Disciplina: 365.973; 365/.973
• Soggetti: Imprisonment - United States; Imprisonment -- United States; Prisoners - United States; Prisoners -- United States; Prisons - United States; Prisons -- United States; Social Welfare & Social Work; Social Sciences; Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction: Explaining U.S.Imprisonment; 1 - The Origins of U.S. Imprisonment; 2 - Penal Reform and Prison Science; 3 - Prison Culture; 4 - An Era of Uncertainty; 5 - The Punitive Turn; 6 - A Culture of Control; 7 - Challenging the Culture of Control?; 8 - The New Detention; Conclusion: Where To From Here?; References; Index; About the Author
• Sommario/riassunto: Gives an indepth view of US prisons within the broader theoretical body of work referred to as the sociology of punishment.

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• Record Nr.: UNINA9910694301803321
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (iii, 75 p.)
• Soggetti: Student aid - Law and legislation - Washington (D.C.)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia