Hard Time: Understanding and Reforming the Prison (Wadsworth Studies in Philosophical Criticism) (Contemporary Issues in Crime and Justice Series) - Softcover

Johnson, Robert

 
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A seminal work, this is a unique text in that it provides personal accounts from prisoners telling what it is really like to live in prison as well as historical and contextual information. It is the personal stories, which provide a realistic and poignant look at what life is like as a prisoner, that are the strength of this book.

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Focusing on the experiences of men in prison, this book considers the basic human dimensions of prison life, including the means of coping, the nature of prison culture, and the prison officers agenda. The history of prisons, their current conditions, and efforts toward reform are also discussed at length. Firsthand testimony from people who live o

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ISBN 10:  0534187501 ISBN 13:  9780534187507
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc, 1995
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