02547nam 2200613 a 450 991048031590332120170816144231.01-322-28326-51-4129-0480-31-4522-2222-3(CKB)2550000000105799(EBL)996295(OCoLC)809771647(SSID)ssj0000675703(PQKBManifestationID)12310377(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000675703(PQKBWorkID)10670302(PQKB)10794612(MiAaPQ)EBC996295(OCoLC)809965993(StDuBDS)EDZ0000067658(EXLCZ)99255000000010579920120405d2005 fy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIronies of imprisonment[electronic resource] /Michael WelchLondon SAGEc20051 online resource (257 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4522-0447-0 0-7619-3059-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-229) and index.Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Chapter 1 - Introduction; Chapter 2 - Discovery of the Penitentiary; Chapter 3 - Critical Penology; Chapter 4 - War on Drugs and Just War Theory; Chapter 5 - Health Care Crisis Behind Bars; Chapter 6 - Reproducing Prison Violence; Chapter 7 - Ironies of Capital Punishment; Chapter 8 - War on Terror and the Misuse of Detention; Chapter 9 - Punitive Profit; Chapter 10 - Confronting Corrections; Cases; Bibliography; Index; About the Author'Ironies of Imprisonment' examines an array of problems confronting correctional programmes & policies. Michael Welch challenges the prevailing logic of mass incarceration & traces the ironies of imprisonment to their root causes, manifesting in social, political, economic & racial inequality.ImprisonmentUnited StatesPrisonsUnited StatesCorrectionsUnited StatesCriminal justice, Administration ofUnited StatesElectronic books.ImprisonmentPrisonsCorrectionsCriminal justice, Administration of364.60973Welch Michael1960-1034985StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910480315903321Ironies of imprisonment2480393UNINA