Culture of Urban Control Jail

Informationen zum Autor By John P. Walsh Klappentext Through an analysis of a federal consent decree and media representation related to overcrowding within the largest single-site jail facility in the United States, the incarceration binge of the 1990's is explored at the local level in The Culture of Urban Control: Jail Overcrowding in the Crime Control Era. Analysis of jail conditions, expansion, the inmate experience and changing correctional populations provide a narrative of the culture of control within the Cook County Department of Corrections in Chicago, Illinois. Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgmentsTables and FiguresIntroductionChapter 1: From Past to Present: Correctional System Overcrowding and Institutional ReformChapter 2: Conditions of Confinement: The Social Reality of the Jail InmateChapter 3: The City within the City: Altering Population and SpaceChapter 4: Expanding the Jail into the Community: Growth, Development, and Mutual InterestChapter 5: Constructing the Jail within Local Media: Presenting Expansion to the PublicChapter 6: The Politics of Local Level Punishments: Presiding over the Culture of ControlConclusionAppendixBibliographyIndexAbout the Author

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: John P. Walsh, Walsh John P.
• Editore: Rowman and Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.08.2013
• EAN: 9780739174647
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-7464-7
• Serie: Issues in Crime and Justice; Issues in Crime and Justice
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Penology and punishment, Urban communities, Penology & punishment, Urban communities / city life