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Encyclopedia of prisons & correctional facilities / Mary Bosworth, editor.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Gale eBooksPublisher: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2005Description: 1 online resource (2 volumes) : illustrations, photosContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781412925358
  • 1412925355
Other title:
  • Enycyclopedia of prisons and correctional facilities
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 365.973
Online resources:
Contents:
List of entries -- Reader's guide -- List of sidebars -- List of contributors -- Chronology -- Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- About the editor -- Volume I: A-O -- Volume II: P-Z -- Appendix: institutions of the federal prison system -- Master bibliography -- Index.
Summary: The two-volume Encyclopedia of Prisons and Correctional Facilities, originally published in print format in 2004, aims to provide a critical overview of penal institutions within a historical and contemporary framework.
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"A Sage reference publication."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

List of entries -- Reader's guide -- List of sidebars -- List of contributors -- Chronology -- Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- About the editor -- Volume I: A-O -- Volume II: P-Z -- Appendix: institutions of the federal prison system -- Master bibliography -- Index.

The two-volume Encyclopedia of Prisons and Correctional Facilities, originally published in print format in 2004, aims to provide a critical overview of penal institutions within a historical and contemporary framework.

Description based on print version record.

Licensed e-book