The culture of urban control : jail overcrowding in the crime control era /

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 Crim...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Walsh, John P., 1966-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2013]
Temas:
Jails > Overcrowding > United States.
Corrections > United States.
Prisons > Surpopulation > États-Unis.
Services correctionnels > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Penology.
Corrections
Jails > Overcrowding
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario: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.>
Descripción Física:1 online resource (ix, 185 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-180) and index.
ISBN:9780739174654
0739174657

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