American prisons and jails :  an encyclopedia of controversies and trends / 
Vidisha Barua Worley and Robert M. Worley, editors. 
 - 1 online resource (2 volumes (xviii, 793 pages)) :  color illustrations 
 - Gale eBooks .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>v. 1. A-M -- v. 2. N-Z. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781610695015 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Prisons--Law and legislation--United States--Encyclopedias.<br/>Correctional law--United States--Encyclopedias.<br/>Prisons--Law and legislation--History.--United States
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>KF9730.A68  / A44 2019 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>365/.97303