Culture of Urban Control: Jail Overcrowding in the Crime Control Era

By John P. Walsh

Book Overview

Through an analysis of a federal consent decree and media representation related to overcrowding within the largest single-site jail facility in the United States, the incarceration binge of the 1990's is explored at the local level in The Culture of Urban Control: Jail Overcrowding in the Crime Control Era. Analysis of jail conditions, expansion, the inmate experience and changing correctional populations provide a narrative of the culture of control within the Cook County Department of Corrections in Chicago, Illinois.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1498511384
• ISBN13: 9781498511384
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"