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The Forgotten Men : Serving a Life without Parole Sentence /

"Today there are approximately fifty thousand prisoners in American prisons serving life without parole, having been found guilty of crimes ranging from murder and rape to burglary, carjacking, and drug offences. In The Forgotten Men, criminologist Margaret E. Leigey provides an insightful acco...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Leigey, Margaret E. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2015]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface: death by incarceration
  • Acknowledgements
  • The rise in the permanently incarcerated
  • The forgotten
  • The pains of permanent imprisonment
  • Coping with permanent incarceration
  • Growing old in prison
  • Forgotten no more
  • Appendix A: Pseudonyms and demographics of respondents
  • Appendix B: Researching the forgotten
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index.