Hard Time - A Fresh Look at Understanding and Rerforming the Prison (Paperback, 4th Edition)

Hard Time: A Fresh Look at Understanding and Reforming the Prison, 4th Edition, is a revised and updated version of the highly successful text addressing the origins, evolution, and promise of America s penal system. * Draws from both ethnographic and professional material, and situates the prison experience within both contemporary and historical contexts * Features first person accounts from male and female inmates and staff, revealing what it s actually like to live and work in prison * Includes all-new chapters on prison reform and on supermax correctional facilities, including the latest research on confinement, long-term segregation, and death row * Explores a wide range of topics, including the nature of prison as punishment; prisoner personality types and coping strategies; gang violence; prison officers custodial duties; and psychological, educational, and work programs * Develops policy recommendations for the future based on qualitative and quantitative research and evidence-based initiatives

General

Imprint:	John Wiley & Sons
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2016
Authors:	R Johnson
Dimensions:	246 x 169 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	432
Edition:	4th Edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-119-08277-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > Penology & punishment > Prisons
LSN:	1-119-08277-3
Barcode:	9781119082774

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