Legal Rights of Prisoners: Cases and Comments - Softcover

Anderson, James F.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761819630 ISBN 13: 9780761819639

Publisher: University Press of America, 2001

Synopsis

Legal Rights of Prisoners is a timely book that addresses the constitutional rights of people in places of confinement. More specifically, it examines the amendments that inmates use and the case law that has developed to address their concerns.

About this title

Synopsis:

This text for criminal justice students discusses the legal rights of prisoners in the United States. Individual chapters address prisoners' rights as protected by the First, Fourth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments. Anderson (criminal justice, U. of Missouri, Kansas City) and Dyson (admissions, Mississippi Valley State U.) also discuss the Americ

About the Author:

James F. Anderson is Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at University of Missouri- Kansas City. Laronistine Dyson is CEO and Executive Director of Residential Alternatives, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky.

About this edition

• Publisher: University Press of America
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0761819630
• ISBN 13: 9780761819639
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200