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Prisons in America
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A handy source for basic statistics on prisoners, penal trends, and programs and services in America's prisons.
Prisons in Americacovers such important subjects as punishment in the United States since colonial times; the most critical penal problems today; units for special populations; key penologists, and more. This work is a source for basic statistics on prisoners, penal trends, programs, services, and more. Listings of professional organizations and print and nonprint resources are also included.
Title: Prisons in America
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A handy source for basic statistics on prisoners, penal trends, and programs and services in America's prisons.
Prisons in Americacovers such important subjects as punishment in the United States since colonial times; the most critical penal problems today; units for special populations; key penologists, and more.
This work is a source for basic statistics on prisoners, penal trends, programs, services, and more.
Listings of professional organizations and print and nonprint resources are also included.
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