Prisons in America - A Reference Handbook

A handy source for basic statistics on prisoners, penal trends, and programs and services in America''s prisons. Prisons in America covers such important subjects as punishment in the United States since colonial times; the most critical penal problems today; units for special populations; key penologists, and more. This work is a source for basic statistics on prisoners, penal trends, programs, services, and more. Listings of professional organizations and print and nonprint resources are also included.

About the author

Nicole Hahn Rafter is a professional writer and chair of the Division on Women and Crime of the American Society of Criminology. She is also chair of the Crime, Law, and Deviance section of the American Sociological Association.

Debra L. Stanley is assistant professor at Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT.

Product details

• Authors: Nicole Hahn Rafter, Rafter Nicole Hahn, Debra Stanley, Debra L. Stanley, Stanley Debra
• Publisher: Abc Clio Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.11.1999
• EAN: 9781576071021
• ISBN: 978-1-57607-102-1
• No. of pages: 242
• Series: Contemporary World Issues
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); REFERENCE / General, Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects, Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects, Current Events and Issues