An edition of America's prisons (1985)

America's prisons

opposing viewpoints

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An edition of America's prisons (1985)

America's prisons

opposing viewpoints

4th ed.

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Presents opposing viewpoints about prison issues. Includes critical thinking skill activities and a list of organizations to contact.

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Greenhaven Press
Language
English
Pages
157

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Subjects
Prisoners, Criminals, Prisons, Rehabilitation, Punishment
Places
United States

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Cover of: America's prisons
America's prisons: opposing viewpoints
1985, Greenhaven Press
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Table of Contents

Prisons should rehabilitate / Warren E. Burger
Prisons cannot rehabilitate / Michael A. Kroll
Prisons should punish / Francis T. Murphy
Punishment does not work / Richard Moran
Prisons are for society's protection / Allan C. Brownfeld
Prisons cannot protect society / Prison Research Education Action Project
Prisons create a criminal personality / Jack Henry Abbott
The criminal personality exists before prison / Stanton E. Samenow
Prisons are violent and dehumanizing / Steve Lerner
Prisons should be dehumanizing / Graeme R. Newman
Prisons are too comfortable / J.J. Maloney
Prison comforts make little difference / John Irwin and Rick Mockler
Selective imprisonment should be used / Brian Forst
Selective imprisonment should not be used / Lee S. Pershan
Crime victims should participate in sentencing / Louise Gilbert
Crime victims should not participate in sentencing / Wilbert Rideau and Billy Sinclair
Probation can work / Joan Petersilia
Probation cannot work / Stephen Chapman
Probation cannot work / Stephen Chapman
Privately operated prisons are economical / Robert W. Poole Jr.
Privately operated prisons are unjust / Michael Walzer
Make criminals compensate their victims / Harvard Law Review
Military conscription is a practical solution / Jack E. Bynum and Leo C. Downing Jr.
Corporal punishment is effective / Graeme R. Newman.

Edition Notes

Rev. ed. of: America's prisons / David L. Bender. 3rd rev. and extended ed. c1980.

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 148.

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St. Paul, Minn
Series
Opposing viewpoints series, Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)

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Dewey Decimal Class
365/.973
Library of Congress
HV9471 .A49 1985

The Physical Object

Pagination
157 p. :
Number of pages
157

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Open Library
OL24924771M
Internet Archive
americasprisonso00szum
ISBN 10
0899083501, 0899083757
ISBN 13
9780899083506, 9780899083759
LCCN
85017168
OCLC/WorldCat
12313752

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