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Islam in American prisons : black Muslims' challenge to American penology / Hamid Reza Kusha.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kusha, Hamid R.
- Series:
- Law, justice, and power
- Law, justice and power series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prisons--United States--History.
- Prisons.
- Islam--United States.
- Islam.
- History.
- United States.
- Criminal justice, Administration of--United States.
- Criminal justice, Administration of.
- Physical Description:
- x, 218 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2009]
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Judea-Christian foundations of American penology
- American penal philosophy : an overview
- Black incarceration : a historical analysis, 1960-2007
- Adverse impacts of incarceration
- Islam in American prisons
- Islam's challenge to American penology
- Conclusions.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1840147229
- 0754688658
- 9781840147223
- 9780754688655
- OCLC:
- 298112220
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