Expanding Prison The Crisis in Crime and Punishment and the Search for Alternatives

Name: Expanding Prison The Crisis in Crime and Punishment and the Search for Alternatives
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ISBN: 9780887846038

ISBN-10: 0887846033

ISBN-13: 9780887846038

Edition: N/A

Authors: David Cayley

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Book details

List price: $25.95
Publisher: House of Anansi Press
Publication date: 10/10/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 406
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 1.584
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



The Prison Boom



The Expanding Prison



Crime Control in the United States: "Trail 'em, Surveil 'em, Nail 'em, and Jail 'em"



Perception and Reality in Crime Policy



Rituals of Repression



Imprisonment and Society



Something Must Be Done: Rationales for Imprisonment



The Real World of Imprisonment



God Is Himself Law



A Perpetual Solitude and Seclusion



A Sea Change



Some Promising Alternatives



Crime Control and Community



Rights and Reservations



From Guilt to Obligation: Victim-Offender Mediation



Working Within the System



Shame of Doing Amiss



On Civil Solutions



Circles of Support



Justice as Sanctuary



Prison Is Not the Only Punishment: Penal Violence and Alternatives in Poor Countries



Conclusion



A Turning Point?


Notes


Index