| Lawful Order: A Case Study of Correctional Crisis and Reform Contributor(s): Carroll, Leo (Author) |
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ISBN: 0815316178 ISBN-13: 9780815316176 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $199.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 1998 Annotation: Prisons remain a controversial topic for debate in our society. While few doubt the necessity of their existence, there is considerable debate over their purpose, organization, and processes. Do prisons exist to rehabilitate, punish, or simply incarcerate? How do we judge prison conditions? If those conditions are found to be unacceptable, how do we change them? What are a prisoner's rights? This book charts the history of Rhode Island's Adult Correctional Institutions over the past 40 years. Professor Carroll examines the radical transformation of Rhode Island prisons in response to changes in their external environment, and determines that the transformation can be seen to manisfest five distinct stages: patriarchy, anarchy, restoration, threat, and consolidation. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Criminology - Law | Criminal Procedure - Social Science | Penology |
| Dewey: 365.709 |
| LCCN: 97039224 |
| Series: Current Issues in Criminal Justice |
| Physical Information: 1.01" H x 5.92" W x 8.92" (1.30 lbs) 370 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - New England - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Rhode Island |
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| Publisher Description: First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. |