John P. Walsh

The Culture of Urban Control

Jail Overcrowding in the Crime Control Era

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Produktbeschreibung

Through an analysis of a federal consent decree and media representation related to overcrowding within the largest single-site jail facility in the United States, the incarceration binge of the 1990's is explored at the local level in The Culture of Urban Control: Jail Overcrowding in the Crime Control Era. Analysis of jail conditions, expansion, the inmate experience and changing correctional populations provide a narrative of the culture of control within the Cook County Department of Corrections in Chicago, Illinois.

Produktdetails

• Issues in Crime and Justice
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 198
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 295g
• ISBN-13: 9781498511384
• ISBN-10: 1498511384
• Artikelnr.: 41757710

Autorenporträt

By John P. Walsh

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Tables and Figures Introduction Chapter 1: From Past to
Present: Correctional System Overcrowding and Institutional Reform Chapter
2: Conditions of Confinement: The Social Reality of the Jail Inmate Chapter
3: The City within the City: Altering Population and Space Chapter 4:
Expanding the Jail into the Community: Growth, Development, and Mutual
Interest Chapter 5: Constructing the Jail within Local Media: Presenting
Expansion to the Public Chapter 6: The Politics of Local Level Punishments:
Presiding over the Culture of Control Conclusion Appendix Bibliography
Index About the Author