A sin against the future : imprisonment in the world /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stern, Vivien
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Northeastern University Press, ©1998.
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Table of Contents:
  • Pt. 1. Imprisonment Around the World. 1. A Prison is a Prison. 2. The Western Tradition of Imprisonment. 3. The Great Incarcerator: The United States. 4. The New Gulag: Russia. 5. Mind Reform? China and Japan
  • Pt. 2. A Deformed Society: The Prison World. 6. People and Imprisonment. 7. Women in Prison. 8. The Young. 9. If Not Death, Then Life
  • Pt. 3. Making Prisons Better. 10. The Rules. 11. Keeping the Rules: The Supervisors and the Inspectors. 12. Penal Reform
  • Pt. 4. The Future of Imprisonment. 13. Prison Expansion and the Private Sector. 14. A Better Way?