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Big Prisons, Big Dreams : Crime and the Failure of America's Penal System / / Michael Lynch
| Big Prisons, Big Dreams : Crime and the Failure of America's Penal System / / Michael Lynch |
| Autore | Lynch Michael |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Brunswick, NJ : , : Rutgers University Press, , [2007] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (274 p.) |
| Disciplina |
365.973
365/.973 |
| Collana | Critical Issues in Crime and Society |
| Soggetto topico |
Criminal justice, Administration of
Criminals Imprisonment Criminals - Rehabilitation - United States Imprisonment - United States Criminal justice, Administration of - United States |
| ISBN |
1-281-15135-1
9786611151355 0-8135-4140-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Introduction: Big, Dark Secrets and America's Prison System -- Chapter 2. Prisons and Crime -- Chapter 3. The Growth of America's Prison System -- Chapter 4. Raising Questions About America's Big Prison System -- Chapter 5. Explaining Prison Growth in the United States: The Materialist Perspective -- Chapter 6. Prison Effects: Who Gets Locked Up -- Chapter 7. The Imprisonment Binge and Crime -- Chapter 8. The End of Oil and the Future of American Prisons? -- Chapter 9. A Consuming Culture -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the Author |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451843603321 |
Lynch Michael
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| New Brunswick, NJ : , : Rutgers University Press, , [2007] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Challenging the prison-industrial complex [[electronic resource] ] : activism, arts, and educational alternatives / / edited by Stephen John Hartnett
| Challenging the prison-industrial complex [[electronic resource] ] : activism, arts, and educational alternatives / / edited by Stephen John Hartnett |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (313 p.) |
| Disciplina | 365.973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | HartnettStephen J |
| Soggetto topico |
Prison-industrial complex - United States
Imprisonment - United States Prisons - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-95959-X
9786612959592 0-252-09016-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Building an abolition democracy; or, the fight against public fear, private benefits, and prison expansion / Erica R. Meiners -- Poem. Another day in the Champaign County Jail / Dennis Mansker -- Militarizing the police : Officer Jon Burge, torture, and war in the "urban jungle" / Julilly Kohler-Hausmann -- Poem. Gotta be careful where ya plant ya feet / Marvin Mays -- Killing democracy; or, how the drug war drives the prison-industrial complex / Daniel Mark Larson -- Poem. Another day / Erika Baro -- Teaching you to love fear : television news and racial stereotypes in a punishing democracy / Travis L. Dixon -- Poem. In search of salvation / William T. Smith -- Diagnosing the schools-to-prisons pipeline : maximum security, minimum learning / Rose Braz and Myesha Williams -- A piece of the reply : the Prison Creative Arts Project and practicing resistance / Buzz Alexander -- Poem. The poet's corner / George Hall -- Each one reach one : playwriting and community activism as redemption and prevention / Robin Sohnen -- Poem. Devil talks / Robert "Chicago" McCollum -- Fostering cultures of achievement in urban schools : how to work toward the abolition of the schools-to-prisons pipeline / Garrett Albert Duncan -- Poem. January 3, 2009 / Nicole Monahan -- Humanizing education behind bars : Shakespeare and the theater of empowerment / Jonathan Shailor -- Poem. Anger / Kenneth Sean Kelly -- Breaking down the walls : inside-out learning and the pedagogy of transformation / Lori Pompa. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464373803321 |
| Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Challenging the prison-industrial complex [[electronic resource] ] : activism, arts, and educational alternatives / / edited by Stephen John Hartnett
| Challenging the prison-industrial complex [[electronic resource] ] : activism, arts, and educational alternatives / / edited by Stephen John Hartnett |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (313 p.) |
| Disciplina | 365.973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | HartnettStephen J |
| Soggetto topico |
Prison-industrial complex - United States
Imprisonment - United States Prisons - United States |
| ISBN |
1-282-95959-X
9786612959592 0-252-09016-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Building an abolition democracy; or, the fight against public fear, private benefits, and prison expansion / Erica R. Meiners -- Poem. Another day in the Champaign County Jail / Dennis Mansker -- Militarizing the police : Officer Jon Burge, torture, and war in the "urban jungle" / Julilly Kohler-Hausmann -- Poem. Gotta be careful where ya plant ya feet / Marvin Mays -- Killing democracy; or, how the drug war drives the prison-industrial complex / Daniel Mark Larson -- Poem. Another day / Erika Baro -- Teaching you to love fear : television news and racial stereotypes in a punishing democracy / Travis L. Dixon -- Poem. In search of salvation / William T. Smith -- Diagnosing the schools-to-prisons pipeline : maximum security, minimum learning / Rose Braz and Myesha Williams -- A piece of the reply : the Prison Creative Arts Project and practicing resistance / Buzz Alexander -- Poem. The poet's corner / George Hall -- Each one reach one : playwriting and community activism as redemption and prevention / Robin Sohnen -- Poem. Devil talks / Robert "Chicago" McCollum -- Fostering cultures of achievement in urban schools : how to work toward the abolition of the schools-to-prisons pipeline / Garrett Albert Duncan -- Poem. January 3, 2009 / Nicole Monahan -- Humanizing education behind bars : Shakespeare and the theater of empowerment / Jonathan Shailor -- Poem. Anger / Kenneth Sean Kelly -- Breaking down the walls : inside-out learning and the pedagogy of transformation / Lori Pompa. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788722003321 |
| Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Challenging the prison-industrial complex [[electronic resource] ] : activism, arts, and educational alternatives / / edited by Stephen John Hartnett
| Challenging the prison-industrial complex [[electronic resource] ] : activism, arts, and educational alternatives / / edited by Stephen John Hartnett |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (313 p.) |
| Disciplina | 365.973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | HartnettStephen J |
| Soggetto topico |
Prison-industrial complex - United States
Imprisonment - United States Prisons - United States |
| ISBN |
1-282-95959-X
9786612959592 0-252-09016-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Building an abolition democracy; or, the fight against public fear, private benefits, and prison expansion / Erica R. Meiners -- Poem. Another day in the Champaign County Jail / Dennis Mansker -- Militarizing the police : Officer Jon Burge, torture, and war in the "urban jungle" / Julilly Kohler-Hausmann -- Poem. Gotta be careful where ya plant ya feet / Marvin Mays -- Killing democracy; or, how the drug war drives the prison-industrial complex / Daniel Mark Larson -- Poem. Another day / Erika Baro -- Teaching you to love fear : television news and racial stereotypes in a punishing democracy / Travis L. Dixon -- Poem. In search of salvation / William T. Smith -- Diagnosing the schools-to-prisons pipeline : maximum security, minimum learning / Rose Braz and Myesha Williams -- A piece of the reply : the Prison Creative Arts Project and practicing resistance / Buzz Alexander -- Poem. The poet's corner / George Hall -- Each one reach one : playwriting and community activism as redemption and prevention / Robin Sohnen -- Poem. Devil talks / Robert "Chicago" McCollum -- Fostering cultures of achievement in urban schools : how to work toward the abolition of the schools-to-prisons pipeline / Garrett Albert Duncan -- Poem. January 3, 2009 / Nicole Monahan -- Humanizing education behind bars : Shakespeare and the theater of empowerment / Jonathan Shailor -- Poem. Anger / Kenneth Sean Kelly -- Breaking down the walls : inside-out learning and the pedagogy of transformation / Lori Pompa. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818233803321 |
| Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Explaining U.S. Imprisonment [[electronic resource]]
| 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 |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| 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-9910480385003321 |
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Bosworth Mary F. (Francesca)
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| Thousand Oaks, : SAGE Publications, 2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Explaining U.S. Imprisonment [[electronic resource]]
| 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-9910786816003321 |
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Bosworth Mary F. (Francesca)
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| Thousand Oaks, : SAGE Publications, 2009 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Explaining U.S. Imprisonment [[electronic resource]]
| 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 |
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Bosworth Mary F. (Francesca)
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| Thousand Oaks, : SAGE Publications, 2009 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Federal Prison Population Buildup : options for Congress / / Nathan James
| 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 |
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James Nathan
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| Washington, District of Columbia : , : Congressional Research Service, , 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Fostering innovation in community and institutional corrections : identifying high-priority technology and other needs for the U.S. corrections sector / / Brian A. Jackson [and eight others] ; sponsored by the National Institute of Justice
| Fostering innovation in community and institutional corrections : identifying high-priority technology and other needs for the U.S. corrections sector / / Brian A. Jackson [and eight others] ; sponsored by the National Institute of Justice |
| Autore | Jackson Brian A. <1972-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Monica, California : , : RAND Corporation, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (318 p.) |
| Disciplina | 365.973 |
| Collana | Priority Criminal Justice Needs Initiative |
| Soggetto topico | Corrections - United States |
| ISBN |
0-8330-8885-8
0-8330-8887-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE: Introduction; A Need for Innovation in Corrections; Considering Innovation in Corrections; Innovation in Corrections Involves Many Sectors and Organizations; Building an Innovation Agenda for Corrections; About This Report; CHAPTER TWO: The State of Corrections Today; The Size of the Population Under Correctional Supervision; Changing Characteristics of the Correctional Population; Mentally Ill Population; Aging Population; Female Population
The High Financial Cost of CorrectionsInequities in the Application of Incarceration and Its Personal Costs; Corrections Agency Size and Capability Diversity; The Corrections Workforce; Outcomes; Corrections and Changing Technology; Moving Forward; CHAPTER THREE: Corrections Technology and Practice Today; A Taxonomy of Corrections Technology and Practice; The State of the Art Today-Sketching the Foundation for Corrections Innovation; Facility Operations and Population Services; Person-Worn Equipment and Weapons/Force; Information and Communications; Vehicles Doctrine, Tactics, Management, and Behavioral Knowledge Development and TrainingConclusion; CHAPTER FOUR: From Corrections Today to Corrections Tomorrow: Identifying Needs in Community and Institutional Corrections; Framing Top-Level Objectives for the Correctional System; Identifying the Building Blocks of the Innovation Agenda; Previous Efforts to Identify Corrections Needs; Generating Corrections Needs with the Advisory Panel Members; Reviewing the Needs Produced by the Corrections Advisory Panel; What Were the Central Issues Driving Corrections Needs? How Do the Needs Generated in Community and Institutional Corrections Compare?Conclusions-Corrections Needs Yesterday and Today; CHAPTER FIVE: Prioritizing the Needs to Develop an Innovation Agenda for Corrections; The Logic of Prioritizing Corrections Needs; Prioritizing the Corrections Objectives; Prioritizing Corrections Technology Needs; High-Priority Innovation Needs for Community Corrections; High-Priority Innovation Needs for Institutional Corrections; Looking Across the Corrections Enterprise; CHAPTER SIX: Conclusions: Fostering Innovation in Corrections An Innovation Agenda for the Entire Corrections SectorLooking Forward-Maintaining and Elaborating the Innovation Agenda; APPENDIXES; A. Corrections Advisory Panel Members; B. Corrections Advisory Panel Agenda; C. Detailed Methodology; D. Full List of Community Corrections Needs; E. Full List of Institutional Corrections Needs; References |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910220145703321 |
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Jackson Brian A. <1972->
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| Santa Monica, California : , : RAND Corporation, , 2015 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Fourth city : essays from the prison in America / / edited by Doran Larson
| Fourth city : essays from the prison in America / / edited by Doran Larson |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | East Lansing, Michigan : , : Michigan State University Press, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (351 p.) |
| Disciplina | 365.973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Prisons - United States
Prisoners - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-62895-019-6
1-60917-397-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The American Prison Writer as Witness; Part One. Life on the Streets of Prison City; The Life; Ticket In; Coping with Life in Prison City; Ticket In; Seeking Peace in Prison City; Ticket In; Family Life In and From Prison City; Ticket In; Part Two. The Rules of Law, Policy, and Practice in Prison City; Inside Justice and Injustice; Kite Out; Civic Dysfunction and Its Critics; Kite Out; Mental and Physical Health Care; Kite Out; Community Activists; Kite Out; Prison and Reentry Programs; Epilogue; Editor's Afterword; Glossary; Further Reading
Notes on ContributorsIndex |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465195603321 |
| East Lansing, Michigan : , : Michigan State University Press, , 2013 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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