Prisons

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Title:

Prisons

Author:

Tonry, Michael H.

ISBN:

9780226808499

9780226808505

Publication Information:

Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, c1999.

Physical Description:

viii, 554 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Series:

Crime and justice, v. 26.

Crime and justice (Chicago, Ill.) ; v. 26.

Contents:

Preface -- American prisons at the beginning of the twenty-first century / Michael Tonry and Joan Petersilia -- Population growth in U.S. prisons, 1980-1996 / Alfred Blumstein and Allen J. Beck -- Understanding prison policy and population trends / Theodore Caplow and Jonathan Simon -- Collateral consequences of imprisonment for children, communities, and prisoners / John Hagan and Ronit Dinovitzer -- Prison management trends, 1975-2025 / Chase Riveland -- Interpersonal violence and social order in prisons / Anthony E. Bottoms -- Prison suicide and prisoner coping / Alison Liebling -- Adult correctional treatment / Gerald G. Gaes, Timothy J. Flanagan, Laurence L. Motiuk, and Lynn Stewart -- Medical care in prisons / Douglas C. McDonald -- Parole and prisoner reentry in the United States / Joan Petersilia -- Author index -- Subject index.

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Tonry, Michael H.

Petersilia, Joan.

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Summary

America's prison population has quadrupled in the past two decades, with an enormous impact on families, communities, correctional officers, policy makers, and prisoners themselves. The use of imprisonment as a means of social control has come to the fore in many public debates--whether the issues be deterrence, incapacitation, public spending, overcrowding, or the effects of imprisonment on the offenders' later lives. Prisons addresses these and related topics, offering thought-provoking analyses of particular issues that deserve greater consideration, such as the effects of imprisonment on the children of inmates, the relationship between prisons and the surrounding communities, medical care in prisons, prisoner suicide and coping, adult correctional treatment, and prison management trends, and related topics.