Author:
Ahn-Redding, Heather.
Imprint:Lanham, MD : Lexington Books/Rowman & Littlefield Pub., c2007.
Descriptionxiv, 241 p. ; 24 cm.
Note:Introduction and early sentencing : an introduction to the "million dollar inmate" -- Punishment in the twentieth century : run-on sentences -- Sentencing today : a sentence is a sentence--period! -- Prison conditions -- The financial costs of incarceration -- Expensive prisoners -- The social costs of incarceration : the hidden yet expensive side of prison -- Retribution : can we have our "just desert" and eat it too? -- Incapacitation : if we lock them up, maybe they'll just go away! -- Some specifics on deterrence, in general -- Prison rehabilitation and treatment : where is the correction in our correctional facilities? -- The benefits of incarceration--real and perceived -- Policy recommendations.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-231) and index.
Note:Recommended in Resources for College Libraries
