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The modern prison paradox : politics, punishment, and social community / Amy E. Lerman, Assistant Professor of Politics and Public Affairs, Princeton University.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lerman, Amy E., 1978- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prisons--United States.
- Prisons.
- Corrections.
- United States.
- Prisoners--United States--Social conditions.
- Prisoners.
- Social conditions.
- Corrections--United States.
- Criminal justice, Administration of--United States.
- Criminal justice, Administration of.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 299 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
- Contents:
- The modern prison paradox
- Politics and the punitive turn
- Public policy and the creation of community
- The culture and consequence of prison
- The social effects of incarceration
- The social effects of prison work
- From individuals to communities
- The road to reform
- Epilogue (or: how I went to Berkeley and wound up in prison).
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781107041455
- 1107041457
- 9781107613850
- 110761385X
- OCLC:
- 862505136
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