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Greenwood Press
Language
English
Pages
351

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Subjects

Encyclopedias, Prisons, Biography, Officials and employees, Prisoners, Imprisonment, Cross-cultural studies, History, Études transculturelles, Biographies, Encyclopédies, SOCIAL SCIENCE, Penology, Internationaler Vergleich, Prisonniers, Personnel, Strafvollzug, Histoire, Emprisonnement
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Prisons and prison systems: a global encyclopedia
2006, Greenwood Press
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November 30, 2005, Greenwood Press
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Table of Contents

Alphabetical list of entries
Topical list of entries
Preface
Introduction
Chronology
The encyclopedia
Appendix A: Prison museums
Appendix B: Some famous prisoners and their prison history
Appendix C: Writings by prisoners
Appendix D: Writings by prison employees
Appendix E: Prison architects and visionaries
Appendix F: Federal correctional institutions (USA)
Appendix G: Standard minimum rules for the treatment of prisoners
Appendix H: Selections from Alcatraz Prison regulations
Appendix I: National Prison Congress Declaration of principles
Appendix J: The Mutual Welfare League
Appendix K: Plan for a penitentiary inspection house, by Jeremy Bentham
Appendix L: Prison argot/glossary/slang
Appendix M: French prison slang from Devil's Island
Appendix N: Soviet slang from the gulags.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Westport, Conn
Genre
Encyclopedias., Cross-cultural studies, Biography

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Dewey Decimal Class
365/.03
Library of Congress
HV8665 .R67 2006, HV8665 .R67 2006eb, HV8665

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Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
351

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL3403543M
ISBN 10
0313328560
LCCN
2005018722
OCLC/WorldCat
60835344
Library Thing
8197641
Goodreads
97346

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OL3296333W

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