American prisons and jails : an encyclopedia of controversies and trends / Vidisha Barua Worley and Robert M. Worley, editors.

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computer

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online resource

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9781610695015

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: American prisons and jails.DDC classification:

365/.97303 23

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KF9730.A68 A44 2019

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v. 1. A-M -- v. 2. N-Z.

Summary: This encyclopedia provides a summary of correctional systems and practices and their evolution throughout US history and includes contributions from leading scholars of correctional systems and practices. Topics include sentencing norms and contemporary developments; differences between local, regional, state, and federal systems; violent and nonviolent inmate populations; operations of state and federal prisons; privately run, for-profit prisons; and much more.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

v. 1. A-M -- v. 2. N-Z.

This encyclopedia provides a summary of correctional systems and practices and their evolution throughout US history and includes contributions from leading scholars of correctional systems and practices. Topics include sentencing norms and contemporary developments; differences between local, regional, state, and federal systems; violent and nonviolent inmate populations; operations of state and federal prisons; privately run, for-profit prisons; and much more.