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Electronic Book

Author

Ruddell, Rick, 1961-

Title America behind bars [electronic resource] : trends in imprisonment, 1950 to 2000 / Rick Ruddell.

Imprint

New York : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2004.

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Available to Pittsburg State University patrons only.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	xi, 202 p. : ill.
Series	Criminal justice
	Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-199) and index.
Contents	Mass imprisonment -- Justice systems and punishment -- Theories of formal social control -- Prior imprisonment research -- Economic, social, and political trends -- Explaining imprisonment trends -- The future of mass imprisonment.
Reproduction	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject	Imprisonment -- United States.
	Punishment -- United States.
	Social control -- United States.
	Criminal justice, Administration of -- Social aspects -- United States.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN	1593320574 (alk. paper)