Prisons in the United States: A Reference Handbook

by Cyndi Banks

Offering perspectives from a range of experts, both academic and nonacademic, this reference book examines the development of prisons in the United States and addresses the principal contemporary issues and controversies of our prisons and prison systems.

Prisons were initially created as a means of reforming offenders, but over time, the objective of rehabilitation gave way to a strategy of mass imprisonment--a system that has resulted...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1440844372
• ISBN13: 9781440844379
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: ABC-CLIO
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 7 to 17 years