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Supermax : controlling risk through solitary confinement / Sharon Shalev.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shalev, Sharon.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prisons--United States.
- Prisons.
- Solitary confinement--United States.
- Solitary confinement.
- Prison administration--United States.
- Prison administration.
- Medical Subjects:
- Prisons.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 271 pages) : illustrations, plans.
- Place of Publication:
- Cullompton, UK ; Portland, Or. : Willan, 2009.
- Contents:
- Introduction : the supermax phenomenon
- Solitary confinement as a penal strategy : a brief history
- Factors and actors in the rise of supermax prisons
- Ideologies of control : discourses on the goals and roles of supermax prisons
- The bureaucratisation of control : prisoner classification and placement in supermax prisons
- Technologies of control : the architectural design, physical fixtures and security arrangements in supermax prisons
- Inside a supermax : daily routines and prisoner provisions
- The dynamics of control : views from the control room, views from the cells
- Evaluating supermax confinement
- Appendix : responses to documentary film on supermaxes.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-259) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781843927136 (electronic bk.)
- 1843927136 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 90101381877
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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