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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Banks, Cyndi, author.     Subjects     Prisons -- United States -- History.     Imprisonment -- United States -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Banks, Cyndi, author.       by title:      Prisons in the Unite...         MARC Display

Prisons in the United States : a reference handbook / Cyndi Banks. by Banks, Cyndi, author. Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2017] Subjects Prisons -- United States -- History.   Imprisonment -- United States -- History. ISBN:  9781440844379 (alk. paper) : 1440844372 (alk. paper) Series:  Contemporary world issues. Description:  xvi, 309 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Contents:  Background and history -- Problems, controversies, and solutions -- Perspectives -- Profiles -- Data and documents -- Resources -- Chronology. Requests:  0 Summary:  "Offering perspectives from a range of experts, both academic and nonacademic, this reference book examines the development of prisons in the United States and addresses the principal contemporary issues and controversies of our prisons and prison systems. Presents a comprehensive yet succinct history of the development of men's and women's prisons in the United States. Offers a range of author perspectives that identify and explore the principal issues associated with prisons and imprisonment. Documents the shift from an intent to reform inmates in prisons to retribution and an attempt to remove all criminals from society, using prisons for "warehousing" of undesired elements. Provides a complete reference guide for the understanding of prisons and imprisonment as a punishment "   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 365.973 Ba Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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