Prisons: Current Controversies

By James Haley

Book Overview

Since the mid-1970s, the U.S. has turned to increased incarceration to fight crime -- more than 2 million Americans are now behind bars in state and federal prisons and jails. Whether increased incarceration has reduced crime, how prisoners are being treated, and the rise of prison labor are among the issues under discussion in this anthology.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0737722150
• ISBN13: 9780737722154
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Greenhaven Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.7" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12