02592nam 2200637Ia 450 991082791100332120200520144314.01-4522-3739-51-322-28326-51-4129-0480-31-4522-2222-3(CKB)2550000000105799(EBL)996295(OCoLC)809771647(SSID)ssj0000675703(PQKBManifestationID)12310377(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000675703(PQKBWorkID)10670302(PQKB)10794612(MiAaPQ)EBC996295(OCoLC)809965993(StDuBDS)EDZ0000067658(EXLCZ)99255000000010579920040406d2005 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrIronies of imprisonment /Michael Welch1st ed.Thousand Oaks, CA Sage Publicationsc20051 online resource (xiv, 239 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 StatesImprisonmentPrisonsCorrectionsCriminal justice, Administration of364.6/0973Welch MichaelPh. D.1034985MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910827911003321Ironies of imprisonment4096308UNINA