It's About Time: America's Imprisonment Binge (Contemporary Issues in Crime and Justice Series) - Softcover
This book is a brief critical examination of American societys tendency to use prisons as the sole way of dealing with crime and criminals. The book also looks at the devastating impact both have on individuals within the prison system.
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1. Our Imprisonment Binge. 2. Who Goes to Prison. 3. The Imprisonment of Children and Women. 4. The Private Prison Binge. 5. Doing Time. 6. Super Max. 7. Release. 8. The Correctional Treatment Industrial Complex. 9. The Three Strikes and You're Out Movement. 10. It's About Time. Index.
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- PublisherCengage Learning
- Publication date1980
- ISBN 10 0534508898
- ISBN 13 9780534508890
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number2
- Number of pages200
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Itâ s About Time: Americaâ s Imprisonment Binge (A volume in the Wadsworth Contemporary Issues in Crime and Justice Series)
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It's About Time: America's Imprisonment Binge (2nd Edition)
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Book Description Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Second edition, second printing. From "The Wadsworth Contemporary Issues in Crime and Justice Series." Purple illustrated covers with yellow and white printing; some wear on edges. 182 pp. including index. "'It's About Time' provides the most up-to-date statistics on the crime rate, criminal justice expenditures, and the growth of the prison system. It also gives a critical analysis of the whole prison system while covering relevant topics such as contemporary prison conditions and release policies.". Seller Inventory # 001435
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