America behind bars [electronic resource] : trends in imprisonment, 1950 to 2000 / Rick Ruddell.

By: Contributor(s): Series: Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)Publication details: New York : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2004.Description: xi, 202 p. : ill. ; 23 cmSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 365/.973/09045 22
LOC classification:
  • HV9471 .R83 2004eb
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Contents:
Mass imprisonment -- Justice systems and punishment -- Theories of formal social control -- Prior imprisonment research -- Economic, social, and political trends -- Explaining imprisonment trends -- The future of mass imprisonment.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-199) and index.

Mass imprisonment -- Justice systems and punishment -- Theories of formal social control -- Prior imprisonment research -- Economic, social, and political trends -- Explaining imprisonment trends -- The future of mass imprisonment.

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