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Lifers
Seeking Redemption in Prison
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"No one knows prisons and prisoners better than John Irwin as he uses the unique perspective of a former prisoner to inform us about 17 "lifers" serving time in California’s infamous San Quentin prison. Students, scholars, public officials and the general public must read this book!"
—Randall G. Shelden, Criminal Justice, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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Tackles the issue of imprisonment with the conventional wisdom on homicide, society's purposes of imprisonment, and offenders' reformability. This book reveals what happens to prisoners serving very long sentences in correctional facilities and what this should tell us about effective sentencing policy. Les mer
Tackles the issue of imprisonment with the conventional wisdom on homicide, society's purposes of imprisonment, and offenders' reformability. This book reveals what happens to prisoners serving very long sentences in correctional facilities and what this should tell us about effective sentencing policy.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Routledge
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 152
- ISBN
- 9780415801980
- Utgivelsesår
- 2009
- Format
- 23 x 15 cm
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"No one knows prisons and prisoners better than John Irwin as he uses the unique perspective of a former prisoner to inform us about 17 "lifers" serving time in California’s infamous San Quentin prison. Students, scholars, public officials and the general public must read this book!"
—Randall G. Shelden, Criminal Justice, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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