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States of siege : U.S. prison riots, 1971-1986 / Bert Useem and Peter Kimball.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Useem, Bert, author.
- Kimball, Peter, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prison riots--United States--Case studies.
- Prison riots.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (288 pages) : 15 halftones.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The most extensive and detailed work yet written on the subject, this book examines case studies of recent prison riots in five states, explaining the occurrence and variations of riots as a reflection of the administrative breakdown of the prison system within a changing ideological context.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: New York: Oxford University Press, 1991.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on November 22, 2023).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-774340-4
- 0-19-802233-6
- 9786610533305
- 1-280-53330-7
- 1-282-38426-0
- 9786612384264
- 0-19-536099-0
- OCLC:
- 816348163
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