Offering perspectives from a range of experts, both academic and nonacademic, this reference book examines the development of prisons in the United States and addresses the principal contemporary issues and controversies of our prisons and prison systems. Prisons were initially created as a means of reforming offenders, but over time, the objective of rehabilitation gave way to a strategy of mass imprisonment-a system that has resulted in correctional facilities dealing with serious problems such as overcrowding, prison gangs, pervasive violence, and a significant incidence of mental illness…mehr
Offering perspectives from a range of experts, both academic and nonacademic, this reference book examines the development of prisons in the United States and addresses the principal contemporary issues and controversies of our prisons and prison systems. Prisons were initially created as a means of reforming offenders, but over time, the objective of rehabilitation gave way to a strategy of mass imprisonment-a system that has resulted in correctional facilities dealing with serious problems such as overcrowding, prison gangs, pervasive violence, and a significant incidence of mental illness among inmates. Prisons in the United States: A Reference Handbook examines the history of corrections in America, detailing how well-intentioned policies intended to "get tough on crime" sanctioned the dismantling of parole systems and resulted in laws that imposed mandatory minimum sentences. These changes contributed to the United States now having the biggest incarcerated population worldwide and the highest rate of incarceration. The book offers an accessible history of the development of the prison system in the United States and analyzes the various problems and controversies associated with prisons in the present day. The coverage includes key related issues, including those of race and gender, and enables readers to understand how past developments continue to affect public and official perceptions of the prison experience-for example, how the practice of keeping inmates in solitary confinement for lengthy periods has been reinvented and represents a return to a historically discredited practice. Accounts of former inmates and of correctional officers are integrated into the text, adding context and offering rarely heard perspectives on difficult issues affecting prisons.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Cyndi Banks is associate professor of criminal justice at Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ.
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Preface 1 Background and History History of the Prison Traditional Punishments: Colonial Period Jails Prisons and Penal Reform The Birth and Decline of the Penitentiary Elmira Reformatory and the Men's Reformatory Movement 1876-1920 The Women's Reformatory Movement Post-Penitentiary Developments 1865-1940 Individual Deviance and the Medical Model: Progressive Period 1900-1920 The 1940s Developments in Corrections: The 1950s to Date References 2 Problems Controversies and Solutions The "Pains of Imprisonment" and Recidivism Prison and Amenities: Principle of Less Eligibility Rising Correctional Costs Mentally Ill Prisoners Elderly Prisoners Prison Violence Prison Gangs Juveniles in Adult Prisons The Corrections Industrial Complex Private Prisons Super-Maximum or "Supermax" Prisons Solitary Confinement Prison Rape Transgender Prisoners Life Sentences and Life without Parole (LWOP) Abolishing Imprisonment and Prison Reform References 3 Perspectives Imprisonment in America Ashley Nellis Mass Injustice: The War on Drugs Institutional Discrimination and the Impact on U.S. Prisons Christine Arazan Supermax: A Troubling Trend in Incarceration Michael Costelloe Should a College Degree Be Required for Correctional Officers? Deborah Mitchell Robinson Challenges Faced by Female Prison Officers Working with Female Prisoners Susan Jones Threads of Correctional Leadership: A Warden's Perspective Angel Medina Working with Chronically Mentally Ill Inmates: A Shift Commander's Perspective Vince Guerrero Roll Call James J. Hamm 4 Profiles American Civil Liberties Union National Prison Project American Correctional Association American Correctional Health Services Association American Friends Service Committee Association of State Correctional Administrators Bureau of Justice Statistics Correctional Association of New York Corrections Technology Association Families Against Mandatory Minimums Federal Bureau of Prisons Human Rights Watch The Innocence Project National Association of Sentencing Commissions National Correctional Industries Association National Institute of Corrections The Sentencing Project Solitary Watch Transgender Law Center Detention Project U.S. Sentencing Commission Women's Prison Association 5 Data and Documents Incarceration Trends and Numbers Figure 5.1: International Rates of Incarceration per 100 000 Figure 5.2: U.S. State and Federal Prison Population 1925-2014 Table 5.1: Prisoners under the Jurisdiction of State or Federal Correctional Authorities December 31 2004-2014 Table 5.2: Imprisonment Rates for Sentenced Prisoners under the Jurisdiction of State and Federal Correctional Authorities per 100 000 U.S. Residents December 31 2014 Demographic Characteristics Table 5.3: Imprisonment Rate of Sentenced State and Federal Male Prisoners per 100 000 U.S. Residents by Demographic Characteristics December 31 2014 Table 5.4: Imprisonment Rate of Sentenced State and Federal Female Prisoners per 100 000 U.S. Residents by Demographic Characteristics December 31 2014 Type of Offense Table 5.5: Estimated Percentage of Sentenced Prisoners under Federal Correctional Authority by Most Serious Offense Sex Race and Hispanic Origin September 30 2014 Recidivism Table 5.6: Rearrest Rates for Recidivism Study Offenders by Federal Offense Type Table 5.7: Texas: Rearrest Rates by Fiscal Year of Release or Start of Supervision Fiscal Years 2009-2011 Showing Percentage Rearrested within Three Years Mandatory Minimum Sentences Table 5.8: Overcrowding in All Federal Facilities and Low- Medium- and High-Security Male Facilities FY1995-FY2012 Life Sentences and Life without Parole Table 5.9: Offenses for Which Life Imprisonment Was Imposed in the Federal System in FY2013 Table 5.10: Offenses for Which De Facto Life Sentences Were Imposed in the Federal System in FY2013 Table 5.11: State Enactment of Life without Parole Laws The Aging Prison Population Table 5.12: Sentenced State Prisoners by Age Race and Hispanic Origin December 31 1993 Table 5.13: Sentenced State Prisoners by Age Race and Hispanic Origin December 31 2013 Mental Health Table 5.14: Prevalence of Symptoms of Mental Health Disorders among State and Federal Prisoners 2004 Table 5.15: Prisoners Who Had a Mental Health Problem by Characteristic of Gender Age and Race Documents Colonial Punishments U.S. Constitution Benjamin Rush on Public Punishments (1798) On the Penitentiary System in the United States (1833) Female Convicts (1864) Resolutions of the National Congress on Penitentiary and Reformatory Discipline (1870) Grover Cleveland on Prison Reform (1886) Herbert Hoover on Federal Prison Reform (1929) Richard Nixon on Prison Labor (1973) Barack Obama on Prison Reform (2015) 6 Resources Books and Book Chapters Journal Articles Reports of Federal Agencies News Media Reports Reports by Private Organizations Nonprint Resources 7 Chronology Glossary Index About the Author
Preface 1 Background and History History of the Prison Traditional Punishments: Colonial Period Jails Prisons and Penal Reform The Birth and Decline of the Penitentiary Elmira Reformatory and the Men's Reformatory Movement 1876-1920 The Women's Reformatory Movement Post-Penitentiary Developments 1865-1940 Individual Deviance and the Medical Model: Progressive Period 1900-1920 The 1940s Developments in Corrections: The 1950s to Date References 2 Problems Controversies and Solutions The "Pains of Imprisonment" and Recidivism Prison and Amenities: Principle of Less Eligibility Rising Correctional Costs Mentally Ill Prisoners Elderly Prisoners Prison Violence Prison Gangs Juveniles in Adult Prisons The Corrections Industrial Complex Private Prisons Super-Maximum or "Supermax" Prisons Solitary Confinement Prison Rape Transgender Prisoners Life Sentences and Life without Parole (LWOP) Abolishing Imprisonment and Prison Reform References 3 Perspectives Imprisonment in America Ashley Nellis Mass Injustice: The War on Drugs Institutional Discrimination and the Impact on U.S. Prisons Christine Arazan Supermax: A Troubling Trend in Incarceration Michael Costelloe Should a College Degree Be Required for Correctional Officers? Deborah Mitchell Robinson Challenges Faced by Female Prison Officers Working with Female Prisoners Susan Jones Threads of Correctional Leadership: A Warden's Perspective Angel Medina Working with Chronically Mentally Ill Inmates: A Shift Commander's Perspective Vince Guerrero Roll Call James J. Hamm 4 Profiles American Civil Liberties Union National Prison Project American Correctional Association American Correctional Health Services Association American Friends Service Committee Association of State Correctional Administrators Bureau of Justice Statistics Correctional Association of New York Corrections Technology Association Families Against Mandatory Minimums Federal Bureau of Prisons Human Rights Watch The Innocence Project National Association of Sentencing Commissions National Correctional Industries Association National Institute of Corrections The Sentencing Project Solitary Watch Transgender Law Center Detention Project U.S. Sentencing Commission Women's Prison Association 5 Data and Documents Incarceration Trends and Numbers Figure 5.1: International Rates of Incarceration per 100 000 Figure 5.2: U.S. State and Federal Prison Population 1925-2014 Table 5.1: Prisoners under the Jurisdiction of State or Federal Correctional Authorities December 31 2004-2014 Table 5.2: Imprisonment Rates for Sentenced Prisoners under the Jurisdiction of State and Federal Correctional Authorities per 100 000 U.S. Residents December 31 2014 Demographic Characteristics Table 5.3: Imprisonment Rate of Sentenced State and Federal Male Prisoners per 100 000 U.S. Residents by Demographic Characteristics December 31 2014 Table 5.4: Imprisonment Rate of Sentenced State and Federal Female Prisoners per 100 000 U.S. Residents by Demographic Characteristics December 31 2014 Type of Offense Table 5.5: Estimated Percentage of Sentenced Prisoners under Federal Correctional Authority by Most Serious Offense Sex Race and Hispanic Origin September 30 2014 Recidivism Table 5.6: Rearrest Rates for Recidivism Study Offenders by Federal Offense Type Table 5.7: Texas: Rearrest Rates by Fiscal Year of Release or Start of Supervision Fiscal Years 2009-2011 Showing Percentage Rearrested within Three Years Mandatory Minimum Sentences Table 5.8: Overcrowding in All Federal Facilities and Low- Medium- and High-Security Male Facilities FY1995-FY2012 Life Sentences and Life without Parole Table 5.9: Offenses for Which Life Imprisonment Was Imposed in the Federal System in FY2013 Table 5.10: Offenses for Which De Facto Life Sentences Were Imposed in the Federal System in FY2013 Table 5.11: State Enactment of Life without Parole Laws The Aging Prison Population Table 5.12: Sentenced State Prisoners by Age Race and Hispanic Origin December 31 1993 Table 5.13: Sentenced State Prisoners by Age Race and Hispanic Origin December 31 2013 Mental Health Table 5.14: Prevalence of Symptoms of Mental Health Disorders among State and Federal Prisoners 2004 Table 5.15: Prisoners Who Had a Mental Health Problem by Characteristic of Gender Age and Race Documents Colonial Punishments U.S. Constitution Benjamin Rush on Public Punishments (1798) On the Penitentiary System in the United States (1833) Female Convicts (1864) Resolutions of the National Congress on Penitentiary and Reformatory Discipline (1870) Grover Cleveland on Prison Reform (1886) Herbert Hoover on Federal Prison Reform (1929) Richard Nixon on Prison Labor (1973) Barack Obama on Prison Reform (2015) 6 Resources Books and Book Chapters Journal Articles Reports of Federal Agencies News Media Reports Reports by Private Organizations Nonprint Resources 7 Chronology Glossary Index About the Author
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