Prisons in America: A Reference Handbook

by Nicole Hahn Rafter

Book Overview

A handy source for basic statistics on prisoners, penal trends, and programs and services in America's prisons.

Prisons in America covers such important subjects as punishment in the United States since colonial times; the most critical penal problems today; units for special populations; key penologists, and more. This work is a source for basic statistics on prisoners, penal trends, programs, services, and more. Listings...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B000QJBFF4
• ISBN13: 9781576071021
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: ABC-CLIO
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.3"