Screen LibraryPrison violence : causes, consequences, and solutions /
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| Published: |
Ashgate Pub.,
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| Publisher Address: | Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : |
| Publication Dates: | [2012] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Solving social problems
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| Carrier Form: | ix, 155 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-142) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781409433903 : 1409433900 |
| Index Number: | HV9025 |
| CLC: | D916.7 |
| Call Number: | D916.7/L655 |
| Contents: | An introduction to prisons, punishment, and prison violence -- Prison, by the numbers -- Prisons and prison violence in other countries -- Prison violence : explanations and theoretical underpinnings -- The effects of prison violence -- Challenges to understanding the problem -- What is being done? -- The long road ahead : the future of prison violence. |