Ironies of Imprisonment

Name: Ironies of Imprisonment
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ISBN: 9780761930594

ISBN-10: 0761930590

ISBN-13: 9780761930594

Edition: 2005

Authors: Michael Welch

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'Ironies of Imprisonment' examines an array of problems confronting correctional programmes & policies. Michael Welch challenges the prevailing logic of mass incarceration & traces the ironies of imprisonment to their root causes, manifesting in social, political, economic & racial inequality.

Book details

List price: $95.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/16/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Preface


Foreward




Introduction



Discovery of the Penitentiary



Critical Penology



War on Drugs and Just War Theory



Health Care Crisis Behind Bars



Reproducing Prison Violence



Ironies of Capital Punishment



War on Terror and the Misuse of Detention



Punitive Profit



Confronting Corrections


References


Cases