The culture of urban control :: jail overcrowding in the crime control era /

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 Crim...

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1. Verfasser: Walsh, John P., 1966-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2013]
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Zusammenfassung: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.>
Beschreibung:1 online resource (ix, 185 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-180) and index.
ISBN:9780739174654
0739174657

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