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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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Total confinement [[electronic resource] ] : madness and reason in the maximum security prison / / Lorna A. Rhodes
| Total confinement [[electronic resource] ] : madness and reason in the maximum security prison / / Lorna A. Rhodes |
| Autore | Rhodes Lorna A (Lorna Amarasingham) |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (331 p.) |
| Disciplina | 365/.66 |
| Collana | California series in public anthropology |
| Soggetto topico |
Solitary confinement - United States
Prisoners - Mental health - United States Imprisonment - United States Prisons - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato |
american prison system
american society anthropology confinement crime and punishment criminal justice discussion books ethnography expose firsthand account incarceration injustice interviews isolation life behind bars life in prison maximum security prison mental health units mental illness nonfiction prison administrators prison industry prison stories prison workers prisoners prisons and inmates punishment sense of self social science sociology |
| ISBN |
1-59734-961-5
1-282-76299-0 9786612762994 0-520-93768-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- Author's Note -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Controlling Troubles -- 2. The Choice to Be Bad -- 3. The Asylum of Last Resort -- 4. Custody and Treatment at the Divide -- 5. The Games Run Deep -- 6. Struggling It Out -- Glossary of Prison Terms -- Appendix: Note on Research -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- List of Illustrations -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783165803321 |
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Rhodes Lorna A (Lorna Amarasingham)
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| Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2004 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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