Prisons around the world : studies in international penology / [edited by] Michael K. Carlie and Kevin I. Minor.

Other author Carlie, Michael K.
Other author Minor, Kevin I.
Format Book
Publication InfoDubuque, IA : Wm. C. Brown Publishers, ©1992.
Descriptionx, 326 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Prisons--Cross-cultural studies.

Contents Corrections in Israel and the United States : a comparative analysis / Gad J. Bensinger -- Imprisonment : the aboriginal experience in Western Australia / Richard Midford -- Corrections in Taiwan (Republic of China) / Lee-Jan Jan -- Cuban prisons : a preliminary report / Institute for Policy Studies -- Conditions of confinement within security prisons : Scandinavia and California / John R. Snortum and Kȧre Bødal -- The affective responses of women prisoners to two discrepant penal systems / Francesca Lundström -- Reforming criminals in China : implications for corrections in the West / G. Frederick Allen -- Social therapy treatment of criminal offenders : a survey of pilot institutions / Rudolph Egg -- The organization of power in Soviet labour camps / Rasma Karklins -- Coopting the kept : using inmates for social control in a southern prison / James W. Marquart and Ben M. Crouch -- Custody and conflict : an organizational study of prison officers' roles and attitudes / Trevor A. Williams -- Characteristics of homicide victims and victimizations in prisons : a Canadian historical perspective / Frank J. Porporino, Phyllis D. Doherty, and Terrence Sawatsky -- Prison overcrowding : correctional policies and political constraints / Richard Harding -- Crime policy in Denmark : how we managed to reduce the prison population / H.H. Brydensholt -- The Dutch deemphasize imprisonment : sociocultural and structural explanations / Elmer H. Johnson and Alfred Heijder -- Prison administration in contemporary Japan : six issues / Elmer H. Johnson and Hisashi Hasegawa -- Differing current managerial approaches in the corrections of four selected new states of Africa / James S.E. Opolot -- The effect of management regime on disruptive behaviour : an analysis within the British prison system / W. Davies and P.W. Burgess -- The role of the British prison-based probation officer / Mike Carlie -- Issues and controversies with respect to the management of AIDS in corrections / Mark Blumberg -- Inhumane, cruel, and degrading treatment of criminal prisoners throughout the world / Kevin N. Wright and David L. Cingranelli -- Dealing with prisoners' grievances / Gillian Douglas -- Through the barricades : prisoner protest and penal policy in Scotland / Phil Scraton, Joe Sim, and Paula Skidmore -- Privatization of corrections and the constitutional rights of prisoners / Harold J. Sullivan.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
LCCN 91071537
ISBN0697143104
ISBN9780697143105

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Joyner General Stacks HV9443 .P76 1992 ✔ Available Place Hold