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Alcatraz [[electronic resource] ] : the gangster years / / David A. Ward ; with Gene Kassebaum
| Alcatraz [[electronic resource] ] : the gangster years / / David A. Ward ; with Gene Kassebaum |
| Autore | Ward David A |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (578 p.) |
| Disciplina | 365/.979461 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | KassebaumGene G |
| Soggetto topico | Prisons - California - Alcatraz Island - History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
20th century american crime
20th century american history al capone alcatraz alvin karpis american government convicts crime dock barker escape attempts fbi federal bureau of prisons federal government federal parole records gangsters george kelly infamous criminals inmates machine gun kelly outlaws penal policy penitentiary prison administrators prison guards prison public enemy resistance security supermax prison the rock worst of the worst |
| ISBN |
1-282-77248-1
9786612772481 0-520-94298-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction: Reconstructing the Life of a Prison -- 1. The Federal Government's War on "Public Enemies" -- 2. A New Form of Imprisonment -- 3. Selecting the "Worst of the Worst" -- 4. The Program -- 5. Organized Resistance: A Regime Tested -- 6. Finding a Hole in the Rock: The First Escape Attempts -- 7. Alcatraz on Trial -- 8. The War Years -- 9. The Battle of Alcatraz -- 10. Resistance and Adaptation -- 11. Outlaws among Outlaws -- 12. Celebrity Prisoners -- 13. Return to the Free World -- 14. Lessons from Alcatraz for Supermax Prisons -- EPILOGUE -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHIC COMMENTARY -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS -- INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785270603321 |
Ward David A
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Journal of Prisoners on Prisons, V26 #1&2 : Dialogue on Canada's Federal Penitentiary System and the Need for Change / / ed. by Jarrod Shook, Justin Piché, Bridget McInnis, Kevin Walby
| Journal of Prisoners on Prisons, V26 #1&2 : Dialogue on Canada's Federal Penitentiary System and the Need for Change / / ed. by Jarrod Shook, Justin Piché, Bridget McInnis, Kevin Walby |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ottawa : , : University of Ottawa Press, , [2017] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (320 p.) |
| Collana | Journal of Prisoners on Prisons |
| Soggetto topico | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology |
| Soggetto non controllato |
carceral
criminal justice penitentiary prison writing prisoner ethnography prisoner punishment |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION FROM THE CO-MANAGING EDITORS -- Prisoners of Penal Intensifi cation and Sunny Ways -- DIALOGUE ON CANADA'S FEDERAL PENITENTIARY SYSTEM AND THE NEED FOR PENAL REFORM -- Dispatches from Federally Sentenced Women -- The Impact of the Conservative Punishment Agenda on Federally Sentenced Women and Priorities for Social Change -- Établissement Joliette pour femmes -- Grand Valley Institution for Women -- Fraser Valley Institution for Women -- DISPATCHES FROM THE ATLANTIC REGION -- Dorchester Institution -- In the Community -- DISPATCHES FROM THE QUEBEC REGION -- Port Cartier Institution -- Établissement de Cowansville -- DISPATCHES FROM THE ONTARIO REGION -- Bath Institution -- Beaver Creek Institution -- DISPATCHES FROM THE PRAIRIE REGION -- Stony Mountain Institution -- Saskatchewan Penitentiary -- Riverbend Institution -- Drumheller Institution -- DISPATCHES FROM THE PACIFIC REGION -- Mission Institution -- Mountain Institution -- Kent Institution -- RESPONSE -- More Stormy Weather or Sunny Ways? A Forecast for Change by Prisoners of the Canadian Carceral State -- APPENDIX -- Call for input and/or submissions -- PRISONERS' STRUGGLES -- Prisoners' Legal Services on Segregation -- Call for Artwork - 50th Anniversary / Oeuvres d'art recherchées - 50e anniversaire -- COVER ART -- "Maple Leaf" (front cover) -- "If You Build It..." (back cover) |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996565570803316 |
| Ottawa : , : University of Ottawa Press, , [2017] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Journal of Prisoners on Prisons, V27 #1 : General Issue / / ed. by Kevin Walby, Justin Piché
| Journal of Prisoners on Prisons, V27 #1 : General Issue / / ed. by Kevin Walby, Justin Piché |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ottawa : , : University of Ottawa Press, , [2018] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (128 p.) |
| Collana | Journal of Prisoners on Prisons |
| Soggetto topico | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Canada
carceral criminal justice detainee detention imprisonment incarceration jail penal penitentiary prison ethnography prison writing prison prisoner ethnography prisoner punishment |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION FROM THE ISSUE EDITORS -- ARTICLES -- Growing Old in the Gulag -- An Opiate Addiction Crisis Behind Bars -- Hepatitis C and Me: Treatment and Cure -- Mass(achusetts) Incarceration of the Elderly: Morally Questionable, Costly and Unnecessary for Public Safety -- Observations from Inside on Execution Day -- Rehabilitation and Re-Entry: A Need for a New Vision -- CONTINUING THE DIALOGUE ON CANADA'S FEDERAL PENITENTIARY SYSTEM -- A Little Less Conversation, A Lot More Action -- Inadequate Resources for and Access to Penitentiary Libraries Diminish Access to Justice and Transformation -- On the Erosion of Rehabilitation -- In Between Bouts of Depression and Apathy: Reflections from Riverbend Institution -- Effects of Long-term Incarceration on the Elderly -- RESPONSE -- Aging in Prison: It Only Gets Worse -- PRISONERS' STRUGGLES -- Fighting for Improvements to the Experience and Outcomes of Incarceration -- Resisting Dehumanization -- Middle Street Publishing: Using Technology to Advocate from Inside a Federal Prison -- InterNational Prisoner's Family Conference -- BOOK REVIEW -- Unusually Cruel: Prisons, Punishment, and the Real American Exceptionalism by Marc Morjé Howard Oxford: Oxford University Press (2017), 296 pp. -- COVER ART -- Front Cover: "Untitled" 2016, acrylic paint on paper -- Back Cover: "Untitled" 2016, acrylic paint on paper |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996565567003316 |
| Ottawa : , : University of Ottawa Press, , [2018] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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