Supermax - Controlling Risk Through Solitary Confinement

Zusatztext 107097238 Informationen zum Autor Sharon Shalev is a Fellow at the Mannheim Centre for Criminology at the London School of Economics. Klappentext This book examines the rise and proliferation of 'Supermaxes', large prisons dedicated to holding prisoners in prolonged and strict solitary confinement, in the United States since the late 1980s. Zusammenfassung This book examines the rise and proliferation of 'Supermaxes', large prisons dedicated to holding prisoners in prolonged and strict solitary confinement, in the United States since the late 1980s. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: The Supermax Phenomenon 2. Solitary Confinement as a Penal Strategy: A Brief History 3. Factors and Actors in the Rise of Supermax Prisons 4. Ideologies of Control: Discourses on the Goals and Roles of Supermax Prisons 5. The Bureaucratisation of Control: Prisoner Classification and Placement in Supermax Prisons 6. Technologies of Control: The Architectural Design, Physical Fixtures and Security Arrangements in Supermax Prisons 7. Inside a Supermax: Daily Routines and Prisoner Provision 8. The Dynamics of Control: Views from the Control Room, Views from the Cells 9. Evaluating Supermax Confinement

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• Authors: Sharon Shalev, Sharon (London School of Economics Shalev, Shalev Sharon
• Publisher: Willan Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2009
• EAN: 9781843924098
• ISBN: 978-1-84392-409-8
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Theoretical physics; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, Penology and punishment, Prisons, Sentencing & punishment, Sentencing and punishment, Criminal justice law