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America's prisons

Title
America's prisons [electronic resource] / Noah Berlatsky, book editor.
Publication
Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2010.

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Additional Authors
Berlatsky, Noah.
Description
1 online resource (224 p.) : ill., map.
Series Statement
Opposing viewpoints series
Uniform Title
  • America's prisons (Online)
  • Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
Subject
  • Prisons > United States > Juvenile literature
  • Imprisonment > United States > Juvenile literature
  • Alternatives to imprisonment > United States > Juvenile literature
  • Criminals > Rehabilitation > United States > Juvenile literature
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Prison deters crime / Bruce Bayley -- Prison does not deter crime / Joel Waldfogel -- Prisons can rehabilitate / Shreveport Times -- Prison rehabilitation efforts are ineffective / Dana Pico -- Alternative sentencing would be more effective than prison / Ruth David -- Alternatives to prison are dangerous and ineffective / Thomas Sowell -- America's imprisonment practices are racist / Glenn Loury -- America's imprisonment practices are not racist / Heather Mac Donald -- Mandatory minimum sentencing is just in drug cases / Jodi L. Avergun -- Mandatory minimum sentencing is unjust / Robert Hooker and Robert Hirsh -- Imprisoning drug users is just / Theodore Dalrymple -- Imprisoning nonviolent drug users is unjust / Michael Huemer -- Disenfranchising prisoners is just / Ben Johnson -- Disenfranchising prisoners is unjust / Conor Clarke and Greg Yothers -- American prisons are humane / Harley G. Lappin -- Overcrowding in American prisons is inhumane / Craig Haney -- Stun technology makes prisons safer / Jeff Wiehe -- Stun technology is inhumane and dangerous / Anne-Marie Cusac -- California must spend more on prison health care / J. Clark Kelso -- California should not spend excessively on prison health care / Debra Saunders -- Allowing inmate moms to raise their children in prison is beneficial / Suzanne Smalley -- Raising children in prison may be harmful / Carol Lloyd -- Juveniles should not be placed in adult prisons / Campaign for Youth Justice -- Life without parole in the adult system is reasonable for some juvenile offenders / Charles D. Stimson and Andrew M. Grossman -- The mentally ill should not be placed in the prison system / Jamie Fellner -- Focusing on mental illness in prison prevents real reform / Susan Mortimer.
LCCN
2009050927
OCLC
ssj0000909322
Title
America's prisons [electronic resource] / Noah Berlatsky, book editor.
Imprint
Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2010.
Series
Opposing viewpoints series
Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
Connect to:
Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Added Author
Berlatsky, Noah.
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