Contributor
Herman, Peter G., 1971-
Imprint:New York : H.W. Wilson, 2001.
Descriptionviii, 194 p. ; 26 cm.
Note:Reference Shelf volumes present a collection of writings and speeches contemporary to the topic.
Note:I. DOING TIME: THE TRANSFORMATION OF AMERICAN PRISONS: 1. A century's legacy: five critical developments in the evolution of American prisons, 1900-2000 / John W. Roberts -- 2. The past and future of U.S. prison policy: twenty-five years after the Stanford Prison Experiment / Craig Haney, Philip Zimbardo -- 3. My life as a prison teacher / Robert Ellis Gordon -- 4. Behind bars, new effort to care for the dying / Sheryl Gay Stolberg -- II. A TANGLE OF INTENTIONS: IMPRISONMENT AT CROSS-PURPOSES: 1. The left's prison complex / Eli Lehrer -- 2. America: all locked up / Carl M. Cannon -- 3. Victims against vengeance / Francie Latour -- III. BARS OF GOLD: PRISON ECONOMICS: 1. Public-private partnerships in the U.S. prison system / Anne Larason Schneider -- 2. Private prisons not saving strapped company closing three in Texas / Joseph T. Hallinan -- 3. Crime and punishment / Cait Murphy -- IV. UNEQUAL REPRESENTATION: MINORITIES AND WOMEN IN PRISON: 1. War on drugs sends blacks to prison at 13 times rate of whites / Michael A. Fletcher -- 2. Voting rights for felons debated / Jesse Katz -- 3. Tougher sentencing, economic hardships and rising violence / Leonard Curry -- 4. Unequal justice: why women fare worse / Ron Stodghill II -- V. BEHIND THE BARS: PRISON CONDITIONS: 1. Prisoner's dilemma / Michael Berryhill -- 2. Inside the new high-tech lock-downs / Jim Rendon -- 3. U.S. "supermax" prisons incite human rights outcry / Alan Elsner -- VI. UNLOCKING DOORS: ALTERNATIVES TO PRISON: 1. Restoring dignity, effecting justice / David Lerman -- 2. Courts turning to public shaming of wrongdoers / Lis Singhania -- 3. Old habits, new hopes / Patrick Rogers, Ron Arias, Maureen Harrington-- 4. A new model to deal with crime and its victims: forgiveness / Jane Lampman.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
