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Routledge Handbook on American Prisons (Paperback)
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Routledge Handbook on American Prisons (Paperback)
Series: Routledge International Handbooks
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The Routledge Handbook on American Prisons is an authoritative
volume that provides an overview of the state of U.S. prisons and
synthesizes the research on the many facets of the prison system.
The United States is exceptional in its use of incarceration as
punishment. It not only has the largest prison population in the
world, but also the highest per-capita incarceration rate. Research
and debate about mass incarceration continues to grow, with
mounting bipartisan agreement on the need for criminal justice
reform. Divided into four sections (Prisons: Security, Operations
and Administration; Types of Offenders and Populations; Living and
Dying in Prison; and Release, Reentry, and Reform), the volume
explores the key issues fundamental to understanding the U.S.
prison system, including the characteristics of facilities; inmate
risk assessment and classification, prison administration and
employment, for-profit prisons, special populations, overcrowding,
prison health care, prison violence, the special circumstances of
death row prisoners, collateral consequences of incarceration,
prison programming, and parole. The final section examines reform
efforts and ideas, and offers suggestions for future research and
attention. With contributions from leading correctional scholars,
this book is a valuable resource for scholars with an interest in
U.S. prisons and the issues surrounding them. It is structured to
serve scholars and graduate students studying corrections,
penology, institutional corrections, and other related topics.
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