Prisons and prison systems:a global encyclopedia

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Roth Mitchel P 1953-
Published: Greenwood Press,
Publisher Address: Westport, Conn.
Publication Dates: 2006.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: xxxv, 351 p.: ; 27 cm.
ISBN: 0313328560 (alk. paper)
Index Number: D916
CLC: D916.7-61
Call Number: D916.7-61/R845
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Alphabetical list of entries -- Topical list of entries -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chronology -- The encyclopedia -- Appendix A: Prison museums -- Appendix B: Some famous prisoners and their prison history -- Appendix C: Writings by prisoners -- Appendix D: Writings by prison employees -- Appendix E: Prison architects and visionaries -- Appendix F: Federal correctional institutions (USA) -- Appendix G: Standard minimum rules for the treatment of prisoners -- Appendix H: Selections from Alcatraz Prison regulations -- Appendix I: National Prison Congress Declaration of principles -- Appendi