The Crisis Of Imprisonment
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The Crisis Of Imprisonment
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Author : Rebecca M. McLennan
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2008-03-04
The Crisis Of Imprisonment written by Rebecca M. McLennan and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-03-04 with History categories.
In the Age of Jackson, private enterprise set up shop in the American penal system. Working hand in glove with state government, contractors in both the North and the South would go on to put more than half a million imprisoned men, women, and youth to hard, sweated toil for private gain by 1900. Held captive, stripped of their rights, and subject to lash and paddle, convict laborers churned out vast quantities of goods and revenue, in some years generating the equivalent of more than $30 billion worth of work. By the 1880s, however, a growing mass of Americans came to regard the prison labor system as immoral and unbefitting of a free republic: it fostered torture and other abuses, degraded free citizen-workers, corrupted government and the legal system, and stifled the supposedly ethical purposes of punishment. The Crisis of Imprisonment tells the remarkable story of this controversial system of penal servitude:-how it came into being, how it worked, how the popular campaigns for its abolition were ultimately victorious, and how it shaped and continues to haunt the American penal system. The author takes the reader into the morally vital world of nineteenth-century artisans, industrial workers, farmers, clergy, convicts, machine politicians, and labor leaders and shows how prisons became a lightning rod in a determined defense of republican and Christian values against the encroachments of an unbridled market capitalism. She explores the vexing ethical questions that prisons posed then and remain exigent today: What are the limits of state power over the minds, bodies, and souls of citizens and others-is torture permissible under certain circumstances? What, if anything, makes the state morally fit to deprive a person of life or liberty? Are prisoners slaves and, if so, by what right? Should prisoners work? Is the prison a morally defensible institution? The eventual abolition of prison labor contracting plunged the prisons into deep fiscal and ideological crisis. The second half of the book offers a sweeping reinterpretation of Progressive Era prison reform as, above all, a response to this crisis. It concludes with an exploration of the long-range impact of both penal servitude and the anti-prison labor movement on the modern American penal system.
Imprisonment
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Author : Mohamed Tayeb Masmoudi
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
Imprisonment written by Mohamed Tayeb Masmoudi and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with categories.
The Crisis Of Imprisonment
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Author : Cosandra Irene Douglas
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
The Crisis Of Imprisonment written by Cosandra Irene Douglas and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Families categories.
The Expanding Prison
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Author : David Cayley
language : en
Publisher: House of Anansi
Release Date : 1998
The Expanding Prison written by David Cayley and has been published by House of Anansi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Social Science categories.
"The Expanding Prison is a provocative, cogent argument for prison reform. David Cayley argues that our overpopulated prisons are more reflective of a society that is becoming increasingly polarized than of an actual surge in crime. This book considers proven alternatives to imprisonment that emphasize settlement-oriented techniques over punishment, and move us towards a vision of justice as peace-making rather than one of vengeance."
The Coming Penal Crisis
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Author : A. E. Bottoms
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980
The Coming Penal Crisis written by A. E. Bottoms and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Law categories.
Prisons In Crisis
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Author : William L. Selke
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 1993
Prisons In Crisis written by William L. Selke and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Corrections categories.
Prison officials are in the midst of the biggest prison crisis. This book looks at prison life and conditions. It reviews ideas and policies, both at home and from abroad, that can be used to alleviate the crisis if we are able to muster the political courage and public support to put them into effect.
The Crisis In American Prisons And Alternatives To Imprisonment
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Author : Richard J. Hanna
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984
The Crisis In American Prisons And Alternatives To Imprisonment written by Richard J. Hanna and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Prisons categories.
Gates Of Injustice
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Author : Alan Elsner
language : en
Publisher: Financial Times/Prentice Hall
Release Date : 2006
Gates Of Injustice written by Alan Elsner and has been published by Financial Times/Prentice Hall this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with History categories.
Elsner presents an extraordinary, comprehensive, shocking expos of the American prison system. Readers learn why the prison epidemic matters to them, even if they've never met anyone who's gone to jail, and learn what it's really like on the inside with racial gangs, corruption, and sickness.
Men In Crisis
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Author : Hans Toch
language : en
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Release Date : 2007
Men In Crisis written by Hans Toch and has been published by Transaction Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Social Science categories.
This book is about human breakdown under stress. It is the first attempt comprehensively to map the variety of forms that despair can take, to reconstruct the ineffable shapes of human extremity as fully and faithfully as possible. Presenting the results of one of the largest studies ever undertaken, the book is based on well over 600 interviews (and related background material) dealing with the self-destructive acts of men and women in prison. It is thus also a portrait of the impact of incarceration, bringing to life the prison world as seen through the eyes of those who suffer in confinement. Hundreds of inmates, speaking in their own words, here present a firsthand view of their experience with all its nuances and pathos. Following an introductory chapter on the scope and methods of the research, the first part of the book presents the major themes of coping that emerged from the study--the fundamental concerns of people under stress (potency, fear, need for support) as they are manifested in difficulties with the environment, with perception of the self and others, and with impulse management. Part Two takes up the questions of how typical are inmates who injure themselves and in what ways they differ from their peers--and major differences in risk and in themes of coping are shown to be related to age, sex, ethnic background, previous experiences with drugs and with personal violence, and incarceration in jails before sentence and in prisons. Part Three presents detailed psychological autopsies of men who ended their lives in prison cells, providing a convincing (and heart-rending) view of the process of human breakdown as it unfolds over time. The book will be important not only to criminologists and penologists but also--and because of its profound general implications--to all those sociologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and administrators of institutions who wish to understand and effectively to deal with the tragic problems of human breakdown. Hans Toch is professor of psychology in the School of Criminal Justice at the University of Albany. He is an elected fellow of the American Psychological Association as well as the American Society of Criminology. He has been president of the American Association of Forensic Psychology. He was also the Project Co-Director of the Institute for the Study of Crime and Delinquency at Sacramento, California.
Local Prisons
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Author : Richard F. Sparks
language : en
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
Release Date : 1971
Local Prisons written by Richard F. Sparks and has been published by Heinemann Educational Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1971 with Social Science categories.