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Record Nr.

UNINA9910973386203321

Autore

Ahn-Redding Heather

Titolo

The "million dollar inmate" : the financial and social burden of nonviolent offenders / / Heather Ahn-Redding

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, MD, : Lexington Books, c2007

ISBN

979-82-16-31571-1

1-282-92203-3

9786612922039

0-7391-5775-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Disciplina

365.973

Soggetti

Prisoners

Prisons

Prison sentences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-231) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Tables; Preface; Part I. INTRODUCTION AND EARLY SENTENCING; Chapter 01. An Introduction to the "Million Dollar Inmate"; Chapter 02. Punishment in the Twentieth Century: Run-On Sentences; Part II. SENTENCING AND PRISONS TODAY; Chapter 03. Sentencing Today: A Sentence Is a Sentence-Period!; Chapter 04. Prison Conditions; Part III. FINANCIAL AND SOCIAL COSTS OF INCARCERATION; Chapter 05. The Financial Costs of Incarceration; Chapter 06. Expensive Prisoners; Chapter 07. The Social Costs of Incarceration: The Hidden Yet Expensive Side of Prison; Part IV. GOALS OF INCARCERATION

Chapter 08. Retribution: Can We Have Our "Just Desert" and Eat It Too?Chapter 09. Incapacitation: If We Lock Them Up, Maybe They'll Just Go Away!; Chapter 10. Some Specifics on Deterrence, in General; Chapter 11. Prison Rehabilitation and Treatment: Where is The Correction in Our Correctional Facilities?; Part V. CONCLUSION; Chapter 12. The Benefits of Incarceration-Real and Perceived; Chapter 13. Policy Recommendations; References; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

The 'Million Dollar Inmate' highlights the financial and social costs of America's incarceration of non-violent offenders. Basing her insight on



extensive research into the origins of our correctional systems, the visible and non-visible costs incurred by the practice of incarcerating non-violent offenders, and the goals of our prison system, Heather Ahn-Redding dares to expose flaws in current correctional practices and suggest ways they can be not only changed, but re-envisioned as well.