| Description |
vi, 277 p. 21 cm. |
| Series |
Selected studies in social problems
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Letter from Folsom Prison, by E. Cleaver.--Our prisons are criminal, by B. Jackson.--On the characteristics of total institutions: the inmate world, by E. Goffman.--The urge to punish, by H. Weihofen.--Justifications for criminal punishment, by H. L. Packer.--And the prisoners will become priests: the convicts break out, by T. Leary.--Vengeance is mine, saith the Lord, by K. Menninger.--The justification of punishment, by E. L. Pincoffs.--The struggle for penal reform in America, by W. D. Lewis.--Reflections on hanging, by A. Koestler. |
| Subject |
Corrections.
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| Added Author |
Sagarin, Edward, 1913-1986.
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| ISBN |
0690615361 |
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