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Author:
Walsh, John P., 1966-
Title:
The culture of urban control : jail overcrowding in the crime control era / John P. Walsh.
Publisher:
Lexington Books,
Copyright Date:
2013
Description:
ix, 185 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject:
Jails--Overcrowding--United States.
Corrections--United States.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
From past to present: correctional system overcrowding and institutional reform -- Conditions of confinement: the social reality of the jail inmate -- The city within the city: altering population and space -- Expanding the jail into the community: growth, development and mutual interest -- Constructing the jail within local media: presenting expansion to the public -- The politics of local level punishment: presiding over the culture of control.
ISBN:
0739174649 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780739174647 (cloth : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)828884623
LCCN:
2013012293
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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