02778nam 2200721Ia 450 991095225060332120241226111300.097814522373981452237395978132228326513222832659781412904803141290480397814522222261452222223(CKB)2550000000105799(EBL)996295(OCoLC)809771647(SSID)ssj0000675703(PQKBManifestationID)12310377(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000675703(PQKBWorkID)10670302(PQKB)10794612(MiAaPQ)EBC996295(OCoLC)809965993(StDuBDS)EDZ0000067658226407(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.9781452204475 1452204470 9780761930594 0761930590 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 Michael1960-1034985MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910952250603321Ironies of imprisonment4554595UNINA