Clear and comprehensive, ""Prisons"" examines the state of U.S. prisons and related issues. It focuses on the development of prisons in the United States and how the competing goals of punishment and rehabilitation have shaped the evolution of corrections. The financial costs of running prisons and the mixed record of private prisons are examined, and laws and legislation relating to issues of incarceration are reviewed.
| ISBN: | 9780816060351 |
| Publication date: | 30th November 2005 |
| Author: | Jeffrey Ferro |
| Publisher: | Facts On File |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 314 pages |
| Series: | Library in a Book |
Clear and comprehensive, ""Prisons"" examines the state of U.S. prisons and related issues. It focuses on the development of prisons in the United States and how the competing goals of punishment and rehabilitation have shaped the evolution of corrections.
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Prisons was written by Jeffrey Ferro and published by Facts On File
Prisons has 314 pages
Yes it is part of Library in a Book series