Alcatraz The Gangster Years

Name: Alcatraz The Gangster Years
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ISBN: 9780520265967

ISBN-10: 0520265963

ISBN-13: 9780520265967

Edition: 2009

Authors: David A. Ward, Gene Kassebaum

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Book details

List price: $27.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 5/19/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 584
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.804
Language: English

David A. Wardnbsp;is professor of sociology, University of Minnesota.nbsp; Gene G. Kassebaum nbsp;is professor of sociology at the American University, Cairo. Both have published widely in professional journals.



Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction: Reconstructing the Life of a Prison



Alcatraz from 1934 to 1948



The Federal Government's War on "Public Enemies"



A New Form of Imprisonment



Selecting the "Worst of the Worst"



The Program



Organized Resistance: A Regime Tested



Finding a Hole in the Rock: The First Escape Attempts



Alcatraz on Trial



The War Years



The Battle of Alcatraz



Life on the Rock for Resisters and Public Enemies



Resistance and Adaptation



Outlaws among Outlaws



Celebrity Prisoners



Alcatraz As an Experiment in Penal Policy



Return to the Free World



Lessons from Alcatraz for Supermax Prisons


Epilogue


Notes


Bibliographic Commentary


About the Authors


Index