Hard Time
A Fresh Look at Understanding and Reforming the Prison
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Crimes & Criminals, Criminology
| Author: | Robert Johnson, Ann Marie Rocheleau, Alison B. Martin, Alison Liebling | ISBN: | 9781119082828 |
| Publisher: | Wiley | Publication: | June 9, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell | Language: | English |
| Author: | Robert Johnson, Ann Marie Rocheleau, Alison B. Martin, Alison Liebling |
| ISBN: | 9781119082828 |
| Publisher: | Wiley |
| Publication: | June 9, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Language: | English |
Hard Time: A Fresh Look at Understanding and Reforming the Prison, 4th Edition, is a revised and updated version of the highly successful text addressing the origins, evolution, and promise of America’s penal system.
- Draws from both ethnographic and professional material, and situates the prison experience within both contemporary and historical contexts
- Features first person accounts from male and female inmates and staff, revealing what it’s actually like to live and work in prison
- Includes all-new chapters on prison reform and on supermax correctional facilities, including the latest research on confinement, long-term segregation, and death row
- Explores a wide range of topics, including the nature of prison as punishment; prisoner personality types and coping strategies; gang violence; prison officers’ custodial duties; and psychological, educational, and work programs
- Develops policy recommendations for the future based on qualitative and quantitative research and evidence-based initiatives
Hard Time: A Fresh Look at Understanding and Reforming the Prison, 4th Edition, is a revised and updated version of the highly successful text addressing the origins, evolution, and promise of America’s penal system.
- Draws from both ethnographic and professional material, and situates the prison experience within both contemporary and historical contexts
- Features first person accounts from male and female inmates and staff, revealing what it’s actually like to live and work in prison
- Includes all-new chapters on prison reform and on supermax correctional facilities, including the latest research on confinement, long-term segregation, and death row
- Explores a wide range of topics, including the nature of prison as punishment; prisoner personality types and coping strategies; gang violence; prison officers’ custodial duties; and psychological, educational, and work programs
- Develops policy recommendations for the future based on qualitative and quantitative research and evidence-based initiatives
