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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • From past to present: correctional system overcrowding and institutional reform
  • Conditions of confinement: the social reality of the jail inmate
  • The city within the city: altering population and space
  • Expanding the jail into the community: growth, development and mutual interest
  • Constructing the jail within local media: presenting expansion to the public
  • The politics of local level punishment: presiding over the culture of control.

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