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Living in Prison A History of the Correctional System with an Insider's View
Stephen Stanko, Wayne Gillespie, Gordon A. Crews
ISBN: 0-313-31856-5
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-31856-6
208 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 4/30/2004
List Price: $60.95 (UK Sterling Price: £42.95)
Discount Price: $30.48 Sale Price for U.S. Customers Only. Save 50%. Ends 12/31/2009.
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: Can the morality of a nation really be judged by how it treats its prisoners? The United States has more people in prison than any other nation, and the nature of the American correctional system continues to be the subject of passionate debate. This unique combination of historical overview and personal testimony provides an unprecedented look at the U.S. correctional system.

The first section of the book places the notion of corrections within an historical context. The second examines contemporary correctional issues. In the third and final section, Stephen Stanko, an inmate in the South Carolina correctional system, provides a detailed look at prison life from the inside. Stanko offers his perspective—in a voice that is blunt but never preachy—on the harsh realities of prison life, making this a rigorous exploration of our correctional system in both theory and practice.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword, by Michael Braswell
    Justice: Introduction, History, and Philosophy
    Crime and Justice in the United States
    Justice in Pre-modern Europe
    A Brief History of Corrections in America
    Contemporary Correctional Issues
    The Context of Imprisonment
    Women and Prison
    Prisoners' Rights and States' Responsibilities
    Living in Prison: One Man's Journey
    A Prisoner's Narrative
    The Prison Environment
    Surviving in Prison
About the Author: STEPHEN STANKO provides three chapters with a first-person account as an inmate of the MacDougall Correctional Institute in Ridgeville, South Carolina.

WAYNE GILLESPIE teaches in the Dept of Criminal Justice and Criminology at East Tennessee State University.

GORDON A. CREWS is an Associate Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at Marshall University in Huntington, Kansas.
LCC Class: 365
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