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Prisons in the United States : a reference handbook / Cyndi Banks.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Banks, Cyndi.
- Series:
- Contemporary world issues.
- Contemporary world issues
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Imprisonment--United States--History.
- Imprisonment.
- Prisons--United States--History.
- Prisons.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 309 pages) : illustrations.
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2023.
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, 2017.
- Summary:
- Offering perspectives from a range of experts, both academic and nonacademic, this reference book examines the development of prisons in the United States and addresses the principal contemporary issues and controversies of our prisons and prison systems.
- Contents:
- 1. Background and history
- 2. Problems, controversies, and solutions
- 3. Perspective
- 4. Profiles
- 5. Data and documents
- 6. Resources
- 7. Chronology.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Banks, Cyndi, author. Prisons in the United States
- ISBN:
- 9798216001355
- 9798216132523
- OCLC:
- 974035785
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