Hard Time: A Fresh Look at Understanding and Reforming the Prison

by Alison Brooks, Anne Marie Rocheleau, Robert Johnson, et al.

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1119082773
• ISBN13: 9781119082774
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.6" x 9.5"