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Title Prisons / edited by Michael Tonry and Joan Petersilia
Published Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, [1999]
©1999

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Description viii, 554 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Series Crime and justice, 0192-3234 ; v. 26
Crime and justice (Chicago, Ill.) ; v. 26
Contents Preface -- American prisons at the beginning of the twenty-first century / Michael Tonry and Joan Petersilia -- Population growth in U.S. prisons, 1980-1996 / Alfred Blumstein and Allen J. Beck -- Understanding prison policy and population trends / Theodore Caplow and Jonathan Simon -- Collateral consequences of imprisonment for children, communities, and prisoners / John Hagan and Ronit Dinovitzer -- Prison management trends, 1975-2025 / Chase Riveland -- Interpersonal violence and social order in prisons / Anthony E. Bottoms -- Prison suicide and prisoner coping / Alison Liebling -- Adult correctional treatment / Gerald G. Gaes, Timothy J. Flanagan, Laurence L. Motiuk, and Lynn Stewart -- Medical care in prisons / Douglas C. McDonald -- Parole and prisoner reentry in the United States / Joan Petersilia -- Author index -- Subject index
Notes "Prepared under cooperative agreement no. 96-CE-VX-K001 awarded to the Castine Research Corporation by the National Institute of Justice and the Corrections Program Office, U.S. Department of Justice"--T.p. verso
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes Crime and justice (Chicago, Ill.) no:26 0192-3234
Subject Corrections -- United States.
Parole -- United States.
Prison administration -- United States.
Prison violence -- United States.
Prisoners -- Suicidal behavior -- United States.
Prisoners -- Suicidal behavior.
Prisoners.
Prisons -- United States.
Prisons.
Author Petersilia, Joan.
Tonry, Michael H.
Castine Research Corporation.
National Institute of Justice (U.S.)
ISBN 0226808491 (cloth)
0226808505 (paperback)