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Encyclopedia of prisons & correctional facilities

Mary Bosworth
Although some comparative information is provided. Four hundred entries (from about 160 contributors), arranged alphabetically, encompass various aspects of prison architecture, theories of punishment, prison populations, prison reform juvenile justice, staff, treatment programs, privatization, labor, race-gender- class, sentencing policy and laws, and security and classification. Sidebars and illustrations, an appendix listing institutions in the federal prison system, and a chronology
Print Book, English, ©2005
Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, Calif., ©2005