The environmental psychology of prisons and jails : creating humane spaces in secure settings /

The environmental psychology of prisons and jails : creating humane spaces in secure settings /

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Author / Creator:	Wener, Richard.
Imprint:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 300 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Cambridge series in environment and behavior Cambridge series in environment and behavior.
Subject:	Environmental psychology. Prisons. Jails. Correctional institutions. Correctional institutions. Environmental psychology. Jails. Prisons.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11830694

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ISBN:	9781139421386 1139421387 9781139423434 1139423436 9780511979682 0511979681 113941934X 9781139419345 1139417290 9781139417297 9781107477735 1107477735 9780521452762 0521452767 9781139419345
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	This book distills thirty years of research on the impacts of jail and prison environments. The research program began with evaluations of new jails that were created by the US Bureau of Prisons, which had a novel design intended to provide a non-traditional and safe environment for pre-trial inmates and documented the stunning success of these jails in reducing tension and violence. This book uses assessments of this new model as a basis for considering the nature of environment and behavior in correctional settings, and more broadly in all human settings. It provides a critical review of research on jail environments and of specific issues critical to the way they are experienced and places them in historical and theoretical context. It presents a contextual model for the way environment influences the chance of violence.
Other form:	Print version: Wener, Richard. Environmental psychology of prisons and jails. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012 9780521452762
Standard no.:	9786613684424 7268090

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Physical Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 300 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781139421386 1139421387 9781139423434 1139423436 9780511979682 0511979681 113941934X 9781139419345 1139417290 9781139417297 9781107477735 1107477735 9780521452762 0521452767