America behind bars [electronic resource] : trends in imprisonment, 1950 to 2000 / Rick Ruddell.
By: Ruddell, Rick.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
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BookSeries: Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC): Publisher: New York : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2004Description: xi, 202 p. : ill.Subject(s): Imprisonment -- United States | Punishment -- United States | Social control -- United States | Criminal justice, Administration of -- Social aspects -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 365/.973/09045 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-199) and index.
Mass imprisonment -- Justice systems and punishment -- Theories of formal social control -- Prior imprisonment research -- Economic, social, and political trends -- Explaining imprisonment trends -- The future of mass imprisonment.
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