The "million dollar inmate" : the financial and social burden of nonviolent offenders / Heather Ahn-Redding.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ahn-Redding, Heather.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prisoners.

Prisons.

Prison sentences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The 'Million Dollar Inmate' highlights the financial and social costs of America's incarceration of non-violent offenders. Basing her insight on extensive research into the origins of our correctional systems, the visible and non-visible costs incurred by the practice of incarcerating non-violent offenders, and the goals of our prison system, Heather Ahn-Redding dares to expose flaws in current correctional practices and suggest ways they can be not only changed, but re-envisioned as well.

Contents:

Contents; List of Tables; Preface; Part I. INTRODUCTION AND EARLY SENTENCING; Chapter 01. An Introduction to the "Million Dollar Inmate"; Chapter 02. Punishment in the Twentieth Century: Run-On Sentences; Part II. SENTENCING AND PRISONS TODAY; Chapter 03. Sentencing Today: A Sentence Is a Sentence-Period!; Chapter 04. Prison Conditions; Part III. FINANCIAL AND SOCIAL COSTS OF INCARCERATION; Chapter 05. The Financial Costs of Incarceration; Chapter 06. Expensive Prisoners; Chapter 07. The Social Costs of Incarceration: The Hidden Yet Expensive Side of Prison; Part IV. GOALS OF INCARCERATION

Chapter 08. Retribution: Can We Have Our "Just Desert" and Eat It Too?Chapter 09. Incapacitation: If We Lock Them Up, Maybe They'll Just Go Away!; Chapter 10. Some Specifics on Deterrence, in General; Chapter 11. Prison Rehabilitation and Treatment: Where is The Correction in Our Correctional Facilities?; Part V. CONCLUSION; Chapter 12. The Benefits of Incarceration-Real and Perceived; Chapter 13. Policy Recommendations; References; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-231) and index.

ISBN:

979-82-16-31571-1

1-282-92203-3

9786612922039

0-7391-5775-2

OCLC:

699510879