America behind bars trends in imprisonment, 1950 to 2000 /

Main Author: Ruddell, Rick, 1961-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2004.
Series:Criminal justice
Subjects:
Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10115161
Table of Contents:
  • Mass imprisonment
  • Justice systems and punishment
  • Theories of formal social control
  • Prior imprisonment research
  • Economic, social, and political trends
  • Explaining imprisonment trends
  • The future of mass imprisonment.