International handbook of penology and criminal justice

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Bibliographic Details
Group Author: Shoham S. Giora 1929-; Beck Ori; Kett Martin
Published: CRC Press,
Publisher Address: Boca Raton, FL
Publication Dates: c2008.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: xxvii, 772 p.: ill. ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 9781420053876 (alk. paper)
1420053876 (alk. paper)
Index Number: D917
CLC: D917.6
Call Number: D917.6/I615
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Punishment and culture / Thomas G. Blomberg, William D. Bales, and Courtney A. Waid -- Prisons and jails / Roy D. King -- Suicide in prisons and jails / Christine Tartaro and David Lester -- Hit 'em where it hurts : monetary and nontraditional punitive sanctions / Shanna Van Slyke, Gordon P. Waldo, and William Bales -- The death penalty : the movement toward worldwide abolition / Roger Hood -- Probation, parole, and community corrections : an international perspective / Lawrence F. Travis and Victoria Simpson Beck -- Crime prevention / Steven P. Lab -- Situational crime preve