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A country called prison : mass incarceration and the making of a new nation / / Mary D. Looman, John D. Carl



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Autore: Looman Mary D. Visualizza persona
Titolo: A country called prison : mass incarceration and the making of a new nation / / Mary D. Looman, John D. Carl Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015
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Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (265 p.)
Disciplina: 365/.973
Soggetto topico: Imprisonment - United States - History
Prisons - United States - History
Prisoners - United States - History
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Persona (resp. second.): CarlJohn D.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Sommario/riassunto: The United States is the world leader in incarcerating citizens. 707 people out of every 100,000 are imprisoned. If those currently incarcerated in the US prison system were a country, it would be the 102nd most populated nation in the world. Aside from looking at the numbers, if we could look at prison from a new viewpoint, as its own country rather than an institution made up of walls and wires, policies and procedures, and legal statutes, what might we be able to learn? In A Country Called Prison, Mary Looman and John Carl propose a paradigm shift in the way that American society views mass
Titolo autorizzato: A country called prison  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-19-021105-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910460439803321
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