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The globalization of supermax prisons / edited by Jeffrey Ian Ross ; foreword by LocÌ Wacquant.

Contributor(s): Series: Critical issues in crime and societyPublication details: New Brunswick, N.J. ; London : Rutgers University Press, c2013.Description: xvi, 220 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780813557403 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0813557402 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780813557410 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0813557410 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 9780813557427 (e-book)
  • 0813557429 (e-book)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 365/.33 23
LOC classification:
  • HV8665 .G53 2013
Contents:
Chapter 1. The Globalization of Supermax Prisons: An Introduction; Chapter 2. The Invention of the American Supermax Prison; Chapter 3. How Canada Built Its Supermax Prison; Chapter 4. Supermaxes South of the Border; Chapter 5. The Growth of the Supermax Option in Britain; Chapter 6. Analyzing the Supermax Prisons in the Netherlands; Chapter 7. Supermaximum Prisons in South Africa. Chapter 8. From ""Secondary Punishment"" to ""Supermax"": The Human Costs of High-Security Regimes in AustraliaChapter 9. The Emergence of the Supermax in New Zealand; Chapter 10. The Rise of the Supermax in Brazil; Chapter 11. Guantanamo: America's Foreign Supermax in the Fight Against Terrorism.; Chapter 12. A Globalized Militarized Prison Juggernaut: The Case of Abu Ghraib; Chapter 13. Conclusion: Globalization, Innovation, or Neither?; Notes; References; Notes on Contributors.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-216).

Chapter 1. The Globalization of Supermax Prisons: An Introduction; Chapter 2. The Invention of the American Supermax Prison; Chapter 3. How Canada Built Its Supermax Prison; Chapter 4. Supermaxes South of the Border; Chapter 5. The Growth of the Supermax Option in Britain; Chapter 6. Analyzing the Supermax Prisons in the Netherlands; Chapter 7. Supermaximum Prisons in South Africa. Chapter 8. From ""Secondary Punishment"" to ""Supermax"": The Human Costs of High-Security Regimes in AustraliaChapter 9. The Emergence of the Supermax in New Zealand; Chapter 10. The Rise of the Supermax in Brazil; Chapter 11. Guantanamo: America's Foreign Supermax in the Fight Against Terrorism.; Chapter 12. A Globalized Militarized Prison Juggernaut: The Case of Abu Ghraib; Chapter 13. Conclusion: Globalization, Innovation, or Neither?; Notes; References; Notes on Contributors.

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