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• catalog abstract ""Ironies of Imprisonment examines in-depth an array of problems confronting correctional programs and policies from the author's singular and consistent critical viewpoint. The book challenges the prevailing logic of mass incarceration and traces the ironies of imprisonment to their root causes, manifesting in social, political, economic, and racial inequality." "Ironies of Imprisonment is recommended reading for students in corrections classes at the undergraduate and graduate levels in sociology, criminology, and criminal justice departments. In addition, it can be used in conjunction with a core text in courses on policy, theories of punishment, and social problems. The book will also be of interest to a general audience interested in reading about incarceration."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b13332829.
• catalog created "c2005.".
• catalog date "2005".
• catalog date "c2005.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c2005.".
• catalog description ""Ironies of Imprisonment examines in-depth an array of problems confronting correctional programs and policies from the author's singular and consistent critical viewpoint. The book challenges the prevailing logic of mass incarceration and traces the ironies of imprisonment to their root causes, manifesting in social, political, economic, and racial inequality." "Ironies of Imprisonment is recommended reading for students in corrections classes at the undergraduate and graduate levels in sociology, criminology, and criminal justice departments. In addition, it can be used in conjunction with a core text in courses on policy, theories of punishment, and social problems. The book will also be of interest to a general audience interested in reading about incarceration."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "1. Introduction -- End-of-chapter questions -- 2. Discovery of the penitentiary -- Punishment in colonial America -- Institutionalization during the Jacksonian era -- The Pennsylvania and Auburn systems of prison discipline -- Rothman and social control -- Critical interpretations of the history of prisons -- Conclusion -- End-of-chapter questions -- 3. Critical penology -- Emergence of critical criminology -- Contemporary critical criminology -- Production of problem populations in capitalist society -- Disparities in sentencing -- Postmodern feminism -- Anarchist criminology -- Conclusion -- End-of-chapter questions -- 4. War on drugs and just war theory -- Just war theory -- Justice of the war on drugs : evaluating the moral reasons -- Legitimate authority -- Right intention -- Last resort -- Justice in the war on drugs : evaluating the means -- Discrimination -- Conclusion -- End-of-chapter questions -- 5. Health care crisis behind bars -- HIV/AIDS : metaphors and morality -- Prisoners with HIV/AIDS as a problem population -- Tuberculosis in corrections -- Aging prisoners -- The phenomenology of imprisonment and suffering -- Conclusion -- End-of-chapter questions -- 6. Reproducing prison violence -- Ironies of social control -- Escalation -- Nonenforcement -- Covert facilitation -- Conclusion -- Notes -- End-of-chapter questions.".
• catalog description "7. Ironies of capital punishment -- Escalation -- Brutalization versus deterrence -- Creation of new categories and net widening -- Nonenforcement -- Covert facilitation -- Forced confessions -- Conclusion -- End-of-chapter questions -- 8. War on terror and the misuse of detention -- Profiling in the war on terror -- Special registration program -- Misuse of detention -- Government secrecy -- The 2003 Inspector General's report -- Conclusion -- Note -- End-of-chapter questions -- 9. Punitive profit -- Production of prisoners -- The corrections economy -- Privatizing punishment -- Corrections-industrial complex -- Private prisons, public problems -- Accountability and liability -- questionable claims of cost savings -- Abuse of inmates and security lapses -- Reproducing inequality -- Economic ironies and rural prisons -- Student activism takes aim at prison profiteering -- Conclusion -- Note -- End-of-chapter questions -- 10. Confronting corrections -- Critical penology and the culture of control -- Juvenile superpredators -- Wilding : manufacturing menace in the media -- Three strikes, you're out -- A final look at prisonomics -- Conclusion -- Notes -- End-of-chapter questions -- Cases.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-229) and index.".
• catalog extent "xiv, 239 p. ;".
• catalog hasFormat "Ironies of imprisonment.".
• catalog identifier "0761930590 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
• catalog identifier "1412904803 (cloth : alk. paper)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Ironies of imprisonment.".
• catalog issued "2005".
• catalog issued "c2005.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications,".
• catalog relation "Ironies of imprisonment.".
• catalog spatial "United States.".
• catalog subject "364.6/0973 22".
• catalog subject "Corrections United States.".
• catalog subject "Criminal justice, Administration of United States.".
• catalog subject "HV9471 .W4594 2005".
• catalog subject "Imprisonment United States.".
• catalog subject "Prisons United States.".
• catalog tableOfContents "1. Introduction -- End-of-chapter questions -- 2. Discovery of the penitentiary -- Punishment in colonial America -- Institutionalization during the Jacksonian era -- The Pennsylvania and Auburn systems of prison discipline -- Rothman and social control -- Critical interpretations of the history of prisons -- Conclusion -- End-of-chapter questions -- 3. Critical penology -- Emergence of critical criminology -- Contemporary critical criminology -- Production of problem populations in capitalist society -- Disparities in sentencing -- Postmodern feminism -- Anarchist criminology -- Conclusion -- End-of-chapter questions -- 4. War on drugs and just war theory -- Just war theory -- Justice of the war on drugs : evaluating the moral reasons -- Legitimate authority -- Right intention -- Last resort -- Justice in the war on drugs : evaluating the means -- Discrimination -- Conclusion -- End-of-chapter questions -- 5. Health care crisis behind bars -- HIV/AIDS : metaphors and morality -- Prisoners with HIV/AIDS as a problem population -- Tuberculosis in corrections -- Aging prisoners -- The phenomenology of imprisonment and suffering -- Conclusion -- End-of-chapter questions -- 6. Reproducing prison violence -- Ironies of social control -- Escalation -- Nonenforcement -- Covert facilitation -- Conclusion -- Notes -- End-of-chapter questions.".
• catalog tableOfContents "7. Ironies of capital punishment -- Escalation -- Brutalization versus deterrence -- Creation of new categories and net widening -- Nonenforcement -- Covert facilitation -- Forced confessions -- Conclusion -- End-of-chapter questions -- 8. War on terror and the misuse of detention -- Profiling in the war on terror -- Special registration program -- Misuse of detention -- Government secrecy -- The 2003 Inspector General's report -- Conclusion -- Note -- End-of-chapter questions -- 9. Punitive profit -- Production of prisoners -- The corrections economy -- Privatizing punishment -- Corrections-industrial complex -- Private prisons, public problems -- Accountability and liability -- questionable claims of cost savings -- Abuse of inmates and security lapses -- Reproducing inequality -- Economic ironies and rural prisons -- Student activism takes aim at prison profiteering -- Conclusion -- Note -- End-of-chapter questions -- 10. Confronting corrections -- Critical penology and the culture of control -- Juvenile superpredators -- Wilding : manufacturing menace in the media -- Three strikes, you're out -- A final look at prisonomics -- Conclusion -- Notes -- End-of-chapter questions -- Cases.".
• catalog title "Ironies of imprisonment / Michael Welch.".
• catalog type "text".