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Prison Reform Hardback
Edited by Aaron Guylas
Part of the Defining Documents in American History series
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Prisoners have been part of the population in the Americas since the first settlers arrived from Europe.
Since then, there have been efforts to reform and improve the prison system in this country.
This volume gathers together and analyzes documents that discuss the fierce debates and legislation related to prison reform, the privatization of prisons, the efforts to end practices like solitary confinement, and the improvement of mental health care in prisons.
Documents analyzed in these volumes include: Remarks on Prisons and Prison Systems in the United States by Dorothea Dix; the Declaration of Principles by the National Congress of Penitentiary and Reformatory Discipline; Fifty Years of Prison Service: An Autobiography, by Zebulon Reed Brockway; Changing Lenses–A New Focus for Crime and Justice by Howard Zehr, “Privatizing Correctional Institutions: An Organizational Perspective,†by David Shichor and the FIRST STEP Act.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:800 pages
- Publisher:H.W. Wilson Publishing Co.
- Publication Date:30/04/2019
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- ISBN:9781642650389
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Out of Stock - We are unable to provide an estimated availability date for this product
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:800 pages
- Publisher:H.W. Wilson Publishing Co.
- Publication Date:30/04/2019
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- ISBN:9781642650389