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Preface | p. xv |
Acknowledgments | p. xvii |
Prisons: Then and Now | p. 1 |
The Purpose and Functions of Prisons | p. 1 |
The Philadelphia and Auburn Models | p. 4 |
1900-1950s | p. 6 |
1960-1980S | p. 8 |
New Expectations | p. 10 |
Racial Politics | p. 10 |
Drugs | p. 11 |
Young Offenders | p. 11 |
The Death of the Rehabilitative Era | p. 12 |
1980-Today | p. 13 |
Prisons and Politics | p. 15 |
Conclusion | p. 19 |
Explaining Incarceration | p. 21 |
The Rise of Imprisonment | p. 22 |
The United States Compared to the World | p. 23 |
Comparing States' Rates of Incarceration | p. 24 |
Incarceration and Race/Ethnicity | p. 25 |
Explaining the Increase | p. 28 |
Crime | p. 29 |
Sentencing Changes | p. 30 |
Increased "Punitiveness" | p. 32 |
Increased Parole Revocations | p. 34 |
The "War on Drugs" | p. 34 |
The Deinstitutionalizaton of the Mentally Ill | p. 35 |
The Privatization of Prisons | p. 36 |
Reversing the Trend | p. 38 |
Conclusion | p. 39 |
The New Bastille | p. 41 |
The Number and Types of Prisons | p. 41 |
Federal and State Systems | p. 42 |
State Prisons | p. 43 |
Overcrowding | p. 44 |
The Super-Max | p. 46 |
Private Prisons | p. 51 |
Proponents and Opponents of Privatization | p. 52 |
Corrections Corporation of America and GEO Group | p. 54 |
Evaluations of Private Prisons | p. 55 |
Interstate Transfer | p. 57 |
Conclusion | p. 59 |
Prisoners | p. 61 |
The Demographics of Prisoners | p. 62 |
Race | p. 63 |
Age | p. 65 |
Medical/Physical Characteristics | p. 66 |
Education and Employment Histories | p. 67 |
Family | p. 67 |
Prisoners: Yesterday and Today | p. 69 |
Special Populations | p. 72 |
Mentally Ill | p. 72 |
Mentally Handicapped | p. 77 |
Drug Dependent Offenders | p. 78 |
Classification | p. 79 |
Medical Services | p. 80 |
Conclusion | p. 83 |
Rehabilitation Revisited | p. 86 |
The Legacy of the Rehabilitative Era | p. 87 |
What Is Treatment? | p. 87 |
Recreation | p. 88 |
Education, Vocational Training, and Industry | p. 89 |
Education | p. 89 |
Vocational Training and Industry | p. 91 |
Drug Treatment | p. 94 |
Evaluating Drug Treatment | p. 96 |
Rehabilitative Programs and the Will to Change | p. 97 |
Evaluations | p. 99 |
The Will to Change | p. 101 |
Evidence-based Corrections | p. 102 |
Conclusion | p. 104 |
Living in Prison | p. 106 |
Prisoner Subculture Research | p. 107 |
Elements of the Subculture | p. 108 |
Prison Argot | p. 106 |
Inmate Code | p. 109 |
The Black Market | p. 110 |
Race and Gangs | p. 111 |
Prison Violence | p. 113 |
Correlates of Violence | p. 114 |
Economic Violence | p. 115 |
Sexual Violence | p. 116 |
Riots and Collective Violence | p. 123 |
Changes in Prison Violence | p. 124 |
Coping in the Prison World | p. 125 |
Conclusion | p. 126 |
Prisons for Women | p. 128 |
Increasing Numbers | p. 129 |
History of Women's Prisons | p. 130 |
Gendered Pathways and Gendered Programming | p. 132 |
Pathways Research | p. 133 |
Victimization | p. 134 |
Drugs | p. 135 |
Importance of Relationships | p. 136 |
Pathways and Classification | p. 136 |
Gender-specific Programing | p. 137 |
Living in Prison | p. 140 |
Violence | p. 141 |
Sexual Relationships and Sexual Violence | p. 142 |
Sexual Victimization by Staff Members | p. 143 |
Mothers in Prison | p. 145 |
Conclusion | p. 148 |
Prisoners' Rights | p. 150 |
Causes of Action and Sources of Rights | p. 152 |
The First Amendment | p. 154 |
Freedom of Religion | p. 154 |
Freedom of Speech and Press | p. 158 |
Rights of Association | p. 160 |
The Fourth Amendment | p. 161 |
The Eighth Amendment | p. 162 |
Medical Care and Rehabilitation | p. 163 |
Excessive Use of Force/Other Punishments | p. 164 |
Totality of Circumstances | p. 165 |
The Fourteenth Amendment | p. 166 |
Access to Courts | p. 167 |
Disciplinary Proceedings | p. 168 |
Other Deprivations | p. 171 |
Conclusion | p. 173 |
Correctional Staff and Administration | p. 175 |
Correctional Officers | p. 175 |
The Changing Role of the Guard | p. 176 |
Correctional Officers Today | p. 177 |
"Structured Conflict" | p. 178 |
The Officer Subculture | p. 182 |
Stress | p. 184 |
The Human Service Officer | p. 185 |
Violence | p. 187 |
Managing the Prison | p. 190 |
Unionization | p. 191 |
Civil Service and Workforce Diversity | p. 192 |
Cross-Sex Supervision and Sexual Misconduct | p. 194 |
Corruption and Unethical Practices | p. 196 |
Conclusion | p. 198 |
Release, Reentry, and the Future of Prisons | p. 200 |
Reentry and Recidivism | p. 201 |
Parole | p. 203 |
Civil Liberties | p. 205 |
Barriers to Success | p. 206 |
Envisioning the Perfect Prison | p. 208 |
The Importance of Justice | p. 209 |
Cutting Back on Prison | p. 211 |
The Prison Industrial Complex | p. 211 |
Conclusion | p. 213 |
Table of Cases | p. 217 |
Bibliography | p. 219 |
Index | p. 251 |
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