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Prisons Today and Tomorrow

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ISBN-10: 1284020215

ISBN-13: 9781284020212

Edition: 3rd 2014 (Revised)

Authors: Ashley G. Blackburn, Shannon K. Fowler, Joycelyn M. Pollock

List price: $146.95
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Prisons: Today and Tomorrow, Third Edition uses current case studies and research to present balanced and comprehensive coverage of prisons and prisoners. Featuring chapters contributed by leading authorities on the modern prison system, this text examines the many purposes of prisons-punishment, deterrence, rehabilitation, and incapacitation-and examines controversial issues such as whether imprisonment actually deters crime or merely serves as punishment.
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Book details

List price: $146.95
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC
Publication date: 1/3/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 350
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English

Dr. Joycelyn Pollock has been a professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at Texas State University-San Marcos (formerly Southwest Texas State University) since 1993. She previously served as a probation and parole officer in the state of Washington and a program review specialist for the New York Department of Correctional Services. She taught law and criminology at the University of Turku, Finland, as a Fulbright fellow and conducted training in the areas of criminology, sexual harassment and ethics. Dr. Pollock's many published works include PRISON: TODAY AND TOMORROW; WOMEN, LAW, AND SOCIAL CONTROL; PRISONS AND PRISON LIFE: COSTS AND CONSEQUENCES; and MORALITY STORIES. She…