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The professional convict's tale : the survival of John O'Neill in and out of prison / edited by Elmer H. Johnson.
Van Pelt Library HV9468.O54 A3 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- O'Neill, John, 1917-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- O'Neill, John, 1917-.
- O'Neill, John.
- Prisoners--United States--Biography.
- Prisoners.
- United States.
- Parole--United States.
- Parole.
- Prisons--United States.
- Prisons.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 252 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2007]
- Contents:
- Introduction : John O'Neill's story and the imprisonment boom
- The professional convict's prison career
- Survival in prison : seeking normality in an abnormal setting
- The bizarre world of the keepers and the kept
- Relations between the keepers and kept
- Self-rehabilitation : its potential and limitations
- Parole : "doing time on the street"
- Epilogue : a felicitous niche for O'Neill.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-246) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0809326981
- OCLC:
- 67945114
- Publisher Number:
- 9780809326983
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