Explaining U.S. Imprisonment [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Bosworth Mary F. (Francesca) |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | 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 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811134303321 |
Bosworth Mary F. (Francesca) | ||
Thousand Oaks, : SAGE Publications, 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Federal Prison Population Buildup : options for Congress / / Nathan James |
Autore | James Nathan |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, District of Columbia : , : Congressional Research Service, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (20 pages) |
Disciplina | 365.973 |
Collana | CRS report for Congress |
Soggetto topico | Imprisonment - United States |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910714490203321 |
James Nathan | ||
Washington, District of Columbia : , : Congressional Research Service, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The growth of incarceration in the United States : exploring causes and consequences / / Jeremy Travis, Bruce Western and Steve Redburn, editors, Committee on Causes and Consequences of High Rates of Incarceration : Committee on Law and Justice Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, District of Columbia : , : National Academies Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (465 p.) |
Disciplina | 365/.973 |
Soggetto topico |
Imprisonment - United States
Prisoners - United States - Social conditions Criminal justice, Administration of - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-309-29802-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Rising Incarceration Rates""; ""3 Policies and Practices Contributing to High Rates of Incarceration""; ""4 The Underlying Causes of Rising Incarceration: Crime, Politics, and Social Change""; ""5 The Crime Prevention Effects of Incarceration""; ""6 The Experience of Imprisonment""; ""7 Consequences for Health and Mental Health""; ""8 Consequences for Employment and Earnings""; ""9 Consequences for Families and Children""; ""10 Consequences for Communities""; ""11 Wider Consequences for U.S. Society""
""12 The Prison in Society: Values and Principles""""13 Findings, Conclusions, and Implications""; ""References""; ""Appendix A--Supplementary Statement by Ricardo H. Hinojosa""; ""Appendix B--Data Sources""; ""Appendix C--Incarceration in the United States:A Research Agenda""; ""Appendix D -- Biographical Sketches of Committee Members"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464209603321 |
Washington, District of Columbia : , : National Academies Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The growth of incarceration in the United States : exploring causes and consequences / / Jeremy Travis, Bruce Western and Steve Redburn, editors, Committee on Causes and Consequences of High Rates of Incarceration : Committee on Law and Justice Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, District of Columbia : , : National Academies Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (465 p.) |
Disciplina | 365/.973 |
Soggetto topico |
Imprisonment - United States
Prisoners - United States - Social conditions Criminal justice, Administration of - United States |
ISBN |
0-309-29804-0
0-309-29802-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Rising Incarceration Rates""; ""3 Policies and Practices Contributing to High Rates of Incarceration""; ""4 The Underlying Causes of Rising Incarceration: Crime, Politics, and Social Change""; ""5 The Crime Prevention Effects of Incarceration""; ""6 The Experience of Imprisonment""; ""7 Consequences for Health and Mental Health""; ""8 Consequences for Employment and Earnings""; ""9 Consequences for Families and Children""; ""10 Consequences for Communities""; ""11 Wider Consequences for U.S. Society""
""12 The Prison in Society: Values and Principles""""13 Findings, Conclusions, and Implications""; ""References""; ""Appendix A--Supplementary Statement by Ricardo H. Hinojosa""; ""Appendix B--Data Sources""; ""Appendix C--Incarceration in the United States:A Research Agenda""; ""Appendix D -- Biographical Sketches of Committee Members"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786911403321 |
Washington, District of Columbia : , : National Academies Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The growth of incarceration in the United States : exploring causes and consequences / / Jeremy Travis, Bruce Western and Steve Redburn, editors, Committee on Causes and Consequences of High Rates of Incarceration : Committee on Law and Justice Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, District of Columbia : , : National Academies Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (465 p.) |
Disciplina | 365/.973 |
Soggetto topico |
Imprisonment - United States
Prisoners - United States - Social conditions Criminal justice, Administration of - United States |
ISBN |
0-309-29804-0
0-309-29802-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Rising Incarceration Rates""; ""3 Policies and Practices Contributing to High Rates of Incarceration""; ""4 The Underlying Causes of Rising Incarceration: Crime, Politics, and Social Change""; ""5 The Crime Prevention Effects of Incarceration""; ""6 The Experience of Imprisonment""; ""7 Consequences for Health and Mental Health""; ""8 Consequences for Employment and Earnings""; ""9 Consequences for Families and Children""; ""10 Consequences for Communities""; ""11 Wider Consequences for U.S. Society""
""12 The Prison in Society: Values and Principles""""13 Findings, Conclusions, and Implications""; ""References""; ""Appendix A--Supplementary Statement by Ricardo H. Hinojosa""; ""Appendix B--Data Sources""; ""Appendix C--Incarceration in the United States:A Research Agenda""; ""Appendix D -- Biographical Sketches of Committee Members"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813833003321 |
Washington, District of Columbia : , : National Academies Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Hell is a very small place : voices from solitary confinement / / edited by Jean Casella, James Ridgeway, and Sarah Shourd ; preface by Sarah Shourd ; introduction by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway ; afterword by Juan E. Méndez |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York ; ; London, [England] : , : The New Press, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (241 p.) |
Disciplina | 365.6092273 |
Soggetto topico |
Solitary confinement - United States
Imprisonment - United States |
ISBN | 1-62097-138-0 |
Classificazione | SOC004000LAW013000SOC030000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Preface: A Human Forever; Introduction; Part I Voices From Solitary Confinement; A Sentence Worse than Death; Living in the SHU; Innocent in the Eyes of the Law; On the Verge of Hell; Supermax Diary; Writing Out of Solitude; Loneliness Is a Destroyer of Humanity; A Tale of Evolving Resistance; Dream House; A Nothing Would Do as Well; Weak as Motherfuckers; Scarred by Solitary; A Fragile Shell of Who I Used to Be; The Freshman; Because I Could Laugh; Invisible; Part II Perspectives on Solitary Confinement; Psychiatric Effects of Solitary Confinement; How to Create Madness in Prison
Solitary Confinement and the LawTorture of a Student; The California SHU and the End of the World; Afterword: Exposing Torture; Acknowledgments |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798195203321 |
New York, New York ; ; London, [England] : , : The New Press, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Hell is a very small place : voices from solitary confinement / / edited by Jean Casella, James Ridgeway, and Sarah Shourd ; preface by Sarah Shourd ; introduction by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway ; afterword by Juan E. Méndez |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York ; ; London, [England] : , : The New Press, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (241 p.) |
Disciplina | 365.6092273 |
Soggetto topico |
Solitary confinement - United States
Imprisonment - United States |
ISBN | 1-62097-138-0 |
Classificazione | SOC004000LAW013000SOC030000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Preface: A Human Forever; Introduction; Part I Voices From Solitary Confinement; A Sentence Worse than Death; Living in the SHU; Innocent in the Eyes of the Law; On the Verge of Hell; Supermax Diary; Writing Out of Solitude; Loneliness Is a Destroyer of Humanity; A Tale of Evolving Resistance; Dream House; A Nothing Would Do as Well; Weak as Motherfuckers; Scarred by Solitary; A Fragile Shell of Who I Used to Be; The Freshman; Because I Could Laugh; Invisible; Part II Perspectives on Solitary Confinement; Psychiatric Effects of Solitary Confinement; How to Create Madness in Prison
Solitary Confinement and the LawTorture of a Student; The California SHU and the End of the World; Afterword: Exposing Torture; Acknowledgments |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816511903321 |
New York, New York ; ; London, [England] : , : The New Press, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Special issue The beautiful prison [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Austin Sarat |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bingley, England : , : Emerald, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (107 p.) |
Disciplina | 365.9 |
Altri autori (Persone) | SaratAustin |
Collana | Studies in law, politics, and society |
Soggetto topico |
Social Science - Criminology
Prisons Law & society Penology & punishment Prisons - United States Imprisonment - United States |
ISBN | 1-78350-966-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction / Doran Larson -- Searching for the beautiful prison / Kenneth Hartman -- The enlightened prison / Drew Leder -- Knowing that we are making a difference : a case for critical prison programming / Rebecca Ginsburg -- Rethinking the humanities through teaching the holocaust in prison / Anke Pinkert -- Of prisons, gardens, and the way out / Michelle Brown -- What blooms: the jailhouse, inside out / Chuck Jackson. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791032103321 |
Bingley, England : , : Emerald, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Special issue The beautiful prison [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Austin Sarat |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bingley, England : , : Emerald, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (107 p.) |
Disciplina | 365.9 |
Altri autori (Persone) | SaratAustin |
Collana | Studies in law, politics, and society |
Soggetto topico |
Social Science - Criminology
Prisons Law & society Penology & punishment Prisons - United States Imprisonment - United States |
ISBN | 1-78350-966-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction / Doran Larson -- Searching for the beautiful prison / Kenneth Hartman -- The enlightened prison / Drew Leder -- Knowing that we are making a difference : a case for critical prison programming / Rebecca Ginsburg -- Rethinking the humanities through teaching the holocaust in prison / Anke Pinkert -- Of prisons, gardens, and the way out / Michelle Brown -- What blooms: the jailhouse, inside out / Chuck Jackson. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815800403321 |
Bingley, England : , : Emerald, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The impact of incarceration and mandatory minimums on survivors : exploring the impact of criminalizing policies on African American women and girls |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence against Women, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (41 pages) |
Soggetto topico |
Imprisonment - United States
Mandatory sentences - United States African American women - Abuse of - United States African American women - Violence against - United States African American women - Effect of imprisonment on - United States Victims of family violence - Effect of imprisonment on - United States Criminal justice, Administration of - United States |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Impact of incarceration and mandatory minimums on survivors |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910705620203321 |
[Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence against Women, , 2017 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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