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Record ID marc_loc_updates/v38.i26.records.utf8:19980898:1713
Source Library of Congress
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LEADER: 01713cam a2200361 a 4500
001 2009030713
003 DLC
005 20100624095030.0
008 090727s2010 mdua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2009030713
020 $a9781442201729 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a144220172X (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a9781442201736 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a1442201738 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a9781442201743 (electronic)
020 $a1442201746 (electronic)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn428731383
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dC#P$dYDXCP$dBWX$dCDX$dDLC
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aHV9469$b.S45 2010
082 00 $a365/.973$222
100 1 $aSelman, Donna,$d1967-
245 10 $aPunishment for sale :$bprivate prisons, big business, and the incarceration binge /$cDonna Selman and Paul Leighton.
260 $aLanham, Md. :$bRowman & Littlefield Publishers,$cc2010.
300 $axii, 204 p. :$bill. ;$c23 cm.
490 1 $aIssues in crime & justice
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 177-193) and index.
505 0 $aAmerica's incarceration binge : the expansion of prisons, budgets, and injustice -- The big government "problem" and the Kentucky fried prison "solution" -- The prison-industrial complex : profits, vested interests, and politics -- Confronting problems : blame prisoners and contracts, then get a bailout -- A critical look at the efficiency and overhead costs of private prisons -- Conclusion : back to the future.
650 0 $aCorrections$xContracting out$zUnited States.
650 0 $aPrisons$zUnited States.
650 0 $aPrivatization$zUnited States.
700 1 $aLeighton, Paul,$d1964-
830 0 $aIssues in crime & justice (Lanham, Md.)