Sharon Shalev (UK London School of Economics)

Supermax

Controlling Risk Through Solitary Confinement

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the rise and proliferation of 'Supermaxes', large prisons dedicated to holding prisoners in prolonged and strict solitary confinement, in the United States since the late 1980s.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 156mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 436g
• ISBN-13: 9781843924081
• ISBN-10: 1843924080
• Artikelnr.: 26022057

Autorenporträt

Sharon Shalev is a Fellow at the Mannheim Centre for Criminology at the London School of Economics.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: The Supermax Phenomenon 2. Solitary Confinement as a Penal
Strategy: A Brief History 3. Factors and Actors in the Rise of Supermax
Prisons 4. Ideologies of Control: Discourses on the Goals and Roles of
Supermax Prisons 5. The Bureaucratisation of Control: Prisoner
Classification and Placement in Supermax Prisons 6. Technologies of
Control: The Architectural Design, Physical Fixtures and Security
Arrangements in Supermax Prisons 7. Inside a Supermax: Daily Routines and
Prisoner Provision 8. The Dynamics of Control: Views from the Control Room,
Views from the Cells 9. Evaluating Supermax Confinement