Their Past, Present and Future
Edición de la obra American Prisons
| Autor | David Musick, Kristine Gunsaulus-Musick |
|---|---|
| Editorial | Routledge, Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group |
| Fecha de publicación | May 18, 2017 |
| Páginas | 254 |
| Formato | paperback |
| ISBN-13 | 9781138805798 |
| ISBN-10 | 1138805793 |
| OCLC | 987792515 |
| LCCN | 2016050411 |
| Número de Cutter |
M987aImprisonment has become big business in the United States. Using a "history of ideas" approach, this book examines the cultural underpinnings of prisons in the United States and explores how shared ideas about imprisonment evolve into a complex, loosely connected nationwide system of prisons that keeps enough persons to populate a small nation behind bars, razor wire and electrified fences. Tracing both the history of the prison and the very idea of imprisonment in the United States, this book provides students with a critical overview of American prisons and considers their past, their present and directions for the future.