Corrections : a comprehensive view /

Corrections : a comprehensive view /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Silverman, Ira J.
Imprint:	Minneapolis/St. Paul : West Pub., c1996.
Description:	xxxii, 651 p. : ill., map ; 26 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Corrections -- History. Criminal justice, Administration of -- History. Imprisonment -- Philosophy. Punishment -- Philosophy. Prisoners -- Social conditions. Prisons -- Overcrowding. Corrections. Criminal justice, Administration of. Punishment -- Philosophy. United States. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2528579

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Other authors / contributors:	Vega, Manuel, 1929-
ISBN:	0314045759 (hard : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [591]-621) and indexes.

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Summary:	This text covers corrections explicitly. It presents a history of prisons, the history of corrections programs, and theories of punishment and corrections. It includes sections on prisoner rights, probation, juvenile corrections, and international corrections systems.
Physical Description:	xxxii, 651 p. : ill., map ; 26 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [591]-621) and indexes.
ISBN:	0314045759