Explaining U.S. Imprisonment [[electronic resource]]
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| Autore: |
Bosworth Mary F. (Francesca)
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| Titolo: |
Explaining U.S. Imprisonment [[electronic resource]]
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| Pubblicazione: | Thousand Oaks, : SAGE Publications, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (305 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 365.973 |
| 365/.973 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Imprisonment - United States |
| Imprisonment -- United States | |
| Prisoners - United States | |
| Prisoners -- United States | |
| Prisons - United States | |
| Prisons -- United States | |
| Social Welfare & Social Work | |
| Social Sciences | |
| Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction: Explaining U.S.Imprisonment; 1 - The Origins of U.S. Imprisonment; 2 - Penal Reform and Prison Science; 3 - Prison Culture; 4 - An Era of Uncertainty; 5 - The Punitive Turn; 6 - A Culture of Control; 7 - Challenging the Culture of Control?; 8 - The New Detention; Conclusion: Where To From Here?; References; Index; About the Author |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Gives an indepth view of US prisons within the broader theoretical body of work referred to as the sociology of punishment. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Explaining U.S. Imprisonment |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910786816003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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