LEADER 02546nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910827911003321 005 20240516215628.0 010 $a1-4522-3739-5 010 $a1-322-28326-5 010 $a1-4129-0480-3 010 $a1-4522-2222-3 035 $a(CKB)2550000000105799 035 $a(EBL)996295 035 $a(OCoLC)809771647 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000675703 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12310377 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000675703 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10670302 035 $a(PQKB)10794612 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC996295 035 $a(OCoLC)809965993 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000067658 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000105799 100 $a20120405d2005 fy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aIronies of imprisonment /$fMichael Welch 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLondon $cSAGE$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (xiv, 239 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4522-0447-0 311 $a0-7619-3059-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 185-229) and index. 327 $aCover; 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 330 8 $a'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. 606 $aImprisonment$zUnited States 606 $aPrisons$zUnited States 606 $aCorrections$zUnited States 606 $aCriminal justice, Administration of$zUnited States 615 0$aImprisonment 615 0$aPrisons 615 0$aCorrections 615 0$aCriminal justice, Administration of 676 $a364.60973 700 $aWelch$b Michael$f1960-$01034985 801 0$bStDuBDS 801 1$bStDuBDS 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910827911003321 996 $aIronies of imprisonment$94096308 997 $aUNINA