Ironies of imprisonment [[electronic resource] /] / Michael Welch
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| Autore: |
Welch Michael <1960->
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| Titolo: |
Ironies of imprisonment [[electronic resource] /] / Michael Welch
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| Pubblicazione: | London, : SAGE, c2005 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 364.60973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Imprisonment - United States |
| Prisons - United States | |
| Corrections - United States | |
| Criminal justice, Administration of - United States | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-229) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | '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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Ironies of imprisonment |
| ISBN: | 1-322-28326-5 |
| 1-4129-0480-3 | |
| 1-4522-2222-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910480315903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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