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The warehouse prison : disposal of the new dangerous class
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ISBN: 0195330471 9780195330472 Year: 2005 Publisher: New York: Oxford university press,

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While prison populations in the U.S. increased almost tenfold from 1980 to 2000, studies of men's prisons have dwindled. For this reason, eminent criminologist John Irwin was impelled to examine imprisonment during this period, and he chose Solano State Prison as the site for his study. Solano is a typical example of a prison in which new, popular forms of technology and prison regimens have been instituted. The facility houses up to 6,000 prisoners at middle-security levels--II and III in California's range of custodies. (The high-security supermax prisons are level IV.) Irwin found that prison planners and administrators have developed a system that keeps the facility's 6,000 prisoners almost completely controlled--crowded together in limited space and with limited access to rehabilitative and recreational programs. This control is accomplished through the physical design of the prison, the rigid enforcement of an extensive set of rules, and a simplified protocol for transferring troublesome prisoners to supermax prisons. Irwin also discovered that while the prisoners--most of whom are serving sentences of more than five years--are not brutalized, they suffer profoundly under this new form of imprisonment and experience tremendous readjustment difficulties when they are released back into society. In her Afterword, criminologist Barbara Owen investigates the conditions in women's correctional facilities and concludes that female prisoners endure even more abysmal treatment than the men. This book examines the forces that have made the United States the most punitive nation in the world--and perhaps in all of history. Irwin's accessible writing style brings a real-world, insider's perspective to his depiction of prison life. Quotations from individuals within the correctional system further enliven this intriguing text. The Warehouse Prison is a unique study of the modern prison and essential reading for students of corrections and criminal justice.

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Law of the United States : an overview
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Year: 2005 Publisher: Bruxelles : München : Vienne : Athènes : Milano : Bruylant, C. H. Beck, Manz, Sakkoulas, Giuffrè Editore,

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ETATS-UNIS --- DROIT --- PRINCIPES

Prison, inc. : a convict exposes life inside a private prison
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ISBN: 9780814799543 081479954X 9780814799550 0814799558 Year: 2005 Publisher: New York : New York university press,

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American politics : classic and contemporary readings
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ISBN: 0618453237 Year: 2005 Publisher: Boston, MA : Houghton Mifflin,

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Melinda et Melinda
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Year: 2005 Publisher: [Paris]: Twentieth century Fox home entertainment,

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Au cours d'une soirée entre amis aux vues opposées, l'un d'entre-eux propose une histoire et deux autres en font, l'un une comédie, l'autre une tragédie: Melinda et ... Melinda. La trame: au cours d'un dîner, une jeune femme un peu perdue qui cherche à remettre de l'ordre dans sa vie débarque et s'incruste. À défaut de voir plus clair dans son existence, elle va sacrément bousculer la leur.

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Années 2000 --- Comédie --- Etats-Unis


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BTC : outil de la politique étrangère américaine?
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Year: 2005 Publisher: Liège : Université de Liège [ULg], Faculté de droit,

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Powerful medicines : the benefits, risks, and costs of prescription drugs
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ISBN: 1400030781 Year: 2005 Publisher: New York : Vintage Books,

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La justice pénale aux Etats-Unis
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ISBN: 2717851119 Year: 2005 Publisher: Paris : Economica,

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A revolution in eating : how the quest for food shaped America
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Year: 2005 Publisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press,

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Death memorial cards. Deel 10
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Year: 2005 Publisher: Tielt : Michigan : Illinois : Vlaamse vereniging voor familiekunde, Genealogical society for Flemish Americans, Center for Belgian culture of Western Illinois,

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Necrologie --- Necrologie --- Necrologie --- Belgique --- Canada --- Etats-unis

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