The American prison : imagining a different future / / editors, Francis T. Cullen, University of Cincinnati, Cheryl Lero Jonson, Northern Kentucky University, Mary K. Stohr, Missouri State University

• Pubblicazione: Los Angeles : , : SAGE, , [2014]; ?2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (285 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 365/.973
• Soggetto topico: Prisons - United States; Corrections - United States
• Persona (resp. second.): CullenFrancis T.; JonsonCheryl Lero; StohrMary K <1958-> (Mary Katherine)
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Part I. Reforming offenders -- Part II. Morally transforming offenders -- Part III. Doing justice -- Part IV. Doing no harm -- part V. Reinventing the prison -- part VI. Making prisons perform -- Part VII. The American prison.
• Sommario/riassunto: For the first time in four decades, prison populations are declining and politicians have reached the consensus that mass imprisonment is no longer sustainable. At this unique moment in the history of corrections, the opportunity has emerged to discuss in meaningful ways how best to shape efforts to control crime and to intervene effectively with offenders. This breakthrough book brings together established correctional scholars to imagine what this prison future might entail. Each scholar uses his or her expertise to craft--in an accessible way for students to read--a blueprint for how to create a new penology along a particular theme. For example, one contributor writes about how to use existing research expertise to create a prison that is therapeutic and another provides insight on how ...
• Titolo autorizzato: The American prison
• ISBN: 1-5063-7462-X; 1-4833-2263-7; 1-4833-1175-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910149558903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II