Aging in Prison The Integration of Research and Practice

Name: Aging in Prison The Integration of Research and Practice
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ISBN: 9781594609947

ISBN-10: 1594609942

ISBN-13: 9781594609947

Edition: 2014

Authors: Martha Hurley

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In Long-Term and Elderly Inmates: The Integration of Research and Practice, author Martha Hurley takes an in-depth look at the complex issues associated with housing long-term and elderly prisoners. The book comes at a time when the number of prisoners aged 55 or older is growing at a faster pace than the rest of the prison population. Growth in this population was an unintended after-effect of ''Get Tough'' legislation from the 1980s and 90s. Concerns stem from the fact that such harsh sentencing practices have resulted in an increasingly elderly prison population, caused correctional costs to skyrocket, produced greater legal challenges based on conditions of confinement, and triggered…

Book details

List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
Publication date: 11/18/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 196
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English